648 BC
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Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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Gregorian calendar | 648 BC DCXLVIII 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 |
Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
Bengali calendar | −1240 |
Berber calendar | 303 |
Buddhist calendar | −103 |
Burmese calendar | −1285 |
Byzantine calendar | 4861–4862 |
Chinese calendar | 壬申年 (Water Monkey) 2050 or 1843 — to — 癸酉年 (Water Rooster) 2051 or 1844 |
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 |
Tibetan calendar | 阳水猴年 (male Water-Monkey) −521 or −902 or −1674 — to — 阴水鸡年 (female Water-Rooster) −520 or −901 or −1673 |
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The year 648 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 106 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 648 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
[edit]Middle East
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]Deaths
[edit]- Shamash-shum-ukin, Assyrian king of Babylonia
References
[edit]- ^ E.J. Bickerman, Chronology of the Ancient World (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1968), p. 198