668 BCE
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.
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- 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.source
- Nineveh, capital of Assyria becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Thebes in Egypt (estimation).source
- Shamash-shum-ukin, second son of the late Assyrian king Esarhaddon, becomes king of Babylon.source