648 BC
Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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Centuries: | 8th century BC · 7th century BC · 6th century BC |
Decades: | 670s BC · 660s BC · 650s BC · 640s BC · 630s BC · 620s BC · 610s BC |
Years: | 651 BC · 650 BC · 649 BC · 648 BC · 647 BC · 646 BC · 645 BC |
648 BC by topic |
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Gregorian calendar | 648 BC DCXLVII BC |
Ab urbe condita | 106 |
Ancient Egypt era | XXVI dynasty, 17 |
- Pharaoh | Psamtik I, 17 |
Ancient Greek era | 33rd Olympiad (victor)¹ |
Assyrian calendar | 4103 |
Bengali calendar | −1240 |
Berber calendar | 303 |
Buddhist calendar | −103 |
Burmese calendar | −1285 |
Byzantine calendar | 4861–4862 |
Chinese calendar | 壬申年 (Water Monkey) 2049 or 1989 — to — 癸酉年 (Water Rooster) 2050 or 1990 |
Coptic calendar | −931 – −930 |
Discordian calendar | 519 |
Ethiopian calendar | −655 – −654 |
Hebrew calendar | 3113–3114 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | −591 – −590 |
- Shaka Samvat | N/A |
- Kali Yuga | 2453–2454 |
Holocene calendar | 9353 |
Iranian calendar | 1269 BP – 1268 BP |
Islamic calendar | 1308 BH – 1307 BH |
Javanese calendar | N/A |
Julian calendar | N/A |
Korean calendar | 1686 |
Minguo calendar | 2559 before ROC 民前2559年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | −2115 |
Thai solar calendar | −105 – −104 |
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Two Ancient Greek wrestlers (pankration)
Events
Middle East
- Babylon falls to Assyrian forces after a 3-year siege (see 651 BC); starved out by his half brother Ashurbanipal, king Shamash-shum-ukin commits suicide in his burning palace, allegedly having built a pyre of his concubines and royal treasure as the Assyrians slaughter his city's garrison and much of its population.
Greece
- Messenians in the Peloponnese revolt against Sparta under the leadership of king Aristomenes, beginning a struggle that will continue until 631 BC.
- April 6 - The earliest solar eclipse to be chronicled by the Greeks is observed.[1]
Sports
- Greece's 33rd games of the Olympiad is held at Olympia with a new event: the pankration is a no-holds-barred contest that combines boxing and wrestling.
Births
Deaths
- Shamash-shum-ukin, Assyrian king of Babylonia
References
- ↑ E.J. Bickerman, Chronology of the Ancient World (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1968), p. 198
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