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| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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| 688 BC by topic |
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| Gregorian calendar | 688 BC DCLXXXVIII BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 66 |
| Ancient Egypt era | XXV dynasty, 65 |
| - Pharaoh | Taharqa, 3 |
| Ancient Greek era | 23rd Olympiad (victor)¹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 4063 |
| Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
| Bengali calendar | −1280 |
| Berber calendar | 263 |
| Buddhist calendar | −143 |
| Burmese calendar | −1325 |
| Byzantine calendar | 4821–4822 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬辰年 (Water Dragon) 2010 or 1803 — to — 癸巳年 (Water Snake) 2011 or 1804 |
| Coptic calendar | −971 – −970 |
| Discordian calendar | 479 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −695 – −694 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3073–3074 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | −631 – −630 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2413–2414 |
| Holocene calendar | 9313 |
| Iranian calendar | 1309 BP – 1308 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 1349 BH – 1348 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | N/A |
| Korean calendar | 1646 |
| Minguo calendar | 2599 before ROC 民前2599年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −2155 |
| Thai solar calendar | −145 – −144 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳水龙年 (male Water-Dragon) −561 or −942 or −1714 — to — 阴水蛇年 (female Water-Snake) −560 or −941 or −1713 |
The year 688 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 66 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 688 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 and trends
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Europe
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Sports
- Greece's games of the 23rd Olympiad are held at Olympia; boxing is added to the Olympic Games that are more and more intended as preparation for war.
Significant People
Births
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Deaths
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References
- E.J. Bickerman, Chronology of the Ancient World (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1968), p. 197
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