627 BC
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Events
- Battle of Xiao, between the states of Jin and Qin in China.
- Traditional date for the foundation of Epidamnus by Corinth, today Durrës in Albania.[1]
- Sinsharishkun succeeds his brother Ashur-etil-ilani as king of Assyria (approximate date).
Deaths
- Ashur-etil-ilani, Assyrian king
- Cypselus, Greek tyrant of Corinth
- Kandalanu, Babylonian king
References
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- ↑ E.J. Bickerman, Chronology of the Ancient World (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1968), p. 198
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