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675 BCE

Teispes becomes a king of Anshan. The Elamite king Urtaku comes to power; during his reign, relations between Elam and Babylonia worsen. King Deioces dies after a 53-year reign that has established the kingdom of the Medes and its capital at Ecbatana (later Hamedan) in what will be northwest Persia. He is succeeded by his son Phraortes, who forms an anti-Assyrian alliance with the Cimmerians to subjugate the Persians and other Asian peoples.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • The Elamite king Urtaku comes to power; during his reign, relations between Elam and Babylonia worsen.source

Conflict & Security

  • Teispes becomes a king of Anshan.source

Technology & Infrastructure

  • King Esarhaddon begins to rebuild Babylon (approximate date).source

Births

  • Ancus Marcius, 4th king of Romesource

Deaths

  • King Deioces dies after a 53-year reign that has established the kingdom of the Medes and its capital at Ecbatana (later Hamedan) in what will be northwest Persia. He is succeeded by his son Phraortes, who forms an anti-Assyrian alliance with the Cimmerians to subjugate the Persians and other Asian peoples.source