678 BCE
Two solar eclipses occur on the 1st and the 30th over the Penzhina Bay and the South Pacific Ocean respectively. According to Herodotus, Ecbatana was chosen as the Medes' capital by Deioces, the first ruler of the Medes. Deioces united the Median tribes of Media and made the first Iranian Empire.
Geopolitics & Diplomacy
- Chu had conquered most of the Nanyang Basinsource
- King Xi of Zhou used his royal clout to give legitimacy to Wu of Quwo as the rightful duke of Jinsource
- According to Herodotus, Ecbatana was chosen as the Medes' capital by Deioces, the first ruler of the Medes.source
- Deioces united the Median tribes of Media and made the first Iranian Empire.source
Conflict & Security
- King Wen of Chu conquers the state of Deng.source
- The state of Jin became the first to maintain a standing armysource
- Nekauba becomes pharaoh of the twenty-sixth dynasty of Egyptsource
- Jin–Quwo wars end (739–678 BCE), dynastic struggles between two branches of Jin's ruling housesource
- Phraortes becomes king of the Medes (according to the chronology proposed by Igor Diakonoff)source
- Chu soldiers invade Zheng (according to the Zuo Zhuan)source
Exploration & Expansion
- Two solar eclipses occur on the 1st and the 30th over the Penzhina Bay and the South Pacific Ocean respectively.source
Religion & Belief
- Kaštaritu is mentioned as "King of the Medes" in an inscriptionsource