690s BC
Centuries: 8th century BC - 7th century BC - 6th century BC
Decades: 740s BC 730s BC 720s BC 710s BC 700s BC - 690s BC - 680s BC 670s BC 660s BC 650s BC 640s BC
Events and trends
- 699 BC - Khallushu succeeds Shuttir-Nakhkhunte as king of the Elamite Empire.
- 697 BC - Death of Zhou huan wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
- 696 BC - Zhou zhuang wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
- 696 BC - The Cimmerians ravage Phrygia, possible migration of the Armenians.
- 692 BC - Karib'il Watar of Saba' is recorded as having given gifts ("tribute") to King Sennacherib of Assyria.
- 691 BC - King Sennacherib of Assyria defeats king Humban-nimena of Elam in the Battle of Halule.
- 690 BC - Taharqa, a king of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty, ascends the throne of Egypt (approximate date)
- c.690 BC -- Death of Manava, author of the Indian geometric text of Sulba Sutras.
- 690s BC - W`rn Hywt of D`mt in Ethiopia appears in the inscriptional record and mentions the king of Saba', Karib'il Watar.