| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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| 668 BC by topic |
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| Gregorian calendar | 668 BC DCLXVIII BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 86 |
| Ancient Egypt era | XXV dynasty, 85 |
| - Pharaoh | Taharqa, 23 |
| Ancient Greek era | 28th Olympiad (victor)¹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 4083 |
| Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
| Bengali calendar | −1260 |
| Berber calendar | 283 |
| Buddhist calendar | −123 |
| Burmese calendar | −1305 |
| Byzantine calendar | 4841–4842 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬子年 (Water Rat) 2030 or 1823 — to — 癸丑年 (Water Ox) 2031 or 1824 |
| Coptic calendar | −951 – −950 |
| Discordian calendar | 499 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −675 – −674 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3093–3094 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | −611 – −610 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2433–2434 |
| Holocene calendar | 9333 |
| Iranian calendar | 1289 BP – 1288 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 1329 BH – 1328 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | N/A |
| Korean calendar | 1666 |
| Minguo calendar | 2579 before ROC 民前2579年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −2135 |
| Thai solar calendar | −125 – −124 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳水鼠年 (male Water-Rat) −541 or −922 or −1694 — to — 阴水牛年 (female Water-Ox) −540 or −921 or −1693 |
The year 668 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 86 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 668 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
By Place
Middle East
- King Ashurbanipal puts down an Egyptian rebellion. He drives out Egypt's Ethiopian king Taharqa, and restores Necho I as governor of Sais in the Nile Delta.
- Nineveh, capital of Assyria becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Thebes in Egypt (estimation).
- Shamash-shum-ukin, second son of the late Assyrian king Esarhaddon, becomes king of Babylon.
Births
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Deaths
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References
- Rosenberg, Matt T. "Largest Cities Through History". Archived from the original on 2016-08-18. Retrieved 2013-08-19.
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