690s BC
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King Sennacherib of Assyria builds several aqueducts to supply Nineveh, mostly in the form of open canals. The most remarkable carries water about 48 km (30 mi) to an artificial reservoir formed by damming the Tebitu River from another river, the Gomel. The canal is 19.8 m (65 ft) wide and at one point raised on corbeled arches 9.8 m (30 ft) for 274.3 m (900 ft) so it can cross a stream. The bottom of the canal is a 40-cm (16-in.) layer of concrete on a 2-cm (1-in.) layer of mastic (bitumen mixed with sand), with the concrete made from one part lime, two parts sand, and four parts aggregate. See also 1750 bce Food & agriculture; 522 bce Construction.
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| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
| Centuries: | 8th century BC – 7th century BC – 6th century BC |
| Decades: | 720s BC 710s BC 700s BC – 690s BC – 680s BC 670s BC 660s BC |
| Years: | 699 BC 698 BC 697 BC 696 BC 695 BC 694 BC 693 BC 692 BC 691 BC 690 BC |
| Categories: | Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments |
Events and trends
- 699 BC—Khallushu succeeds Shuttir-Nakhkhunte as king of the Elamite Empire.
- 697 BC—Birth of Duke Wen of Jin in China.
- 697 BC—Death of Zhou huan wang, the Emperor of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
- 696 BC—Zhou zhuang wang becomes the Emperor 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-664 BC—Sphinx of Taharqa, from Temple T, Kawa, Nubia, is made. Twenty-fifth dynasty of Egypt. It is now kept at The British Museum, London.
- 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.
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