puts down a revolt in Ashkelon supported by Taharqa, king of Egypt. In response, the Assyrians invade Egypt, but Taharqa is able to hold the invaders off. 673 BC: Tullus Hostilius becomes king of Rome. 671 BC: Esarhaddon again invades Egypt, capturing Memphis as well as a number of the royal family. 660s BC 669 BC: Assurbanipal succeeds his father Esarhaddon as king of Assyria. 669 BC: Argos defeats Sparta for the last time, this time using a hoplite phalanx, at the battle of Hysiae. 668 BC: Shamash-shum-ukin, son of Esarhaddon, becomes King of Babylon. 668 BC: Egypt revolts against Assyria. 668 BC: Nineveh, capital of Assyria becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Thebes in Egypt. 667 BC: Byzantium founded by Megaran colonists under Byzas. (traditional date) 664 BC: First naval battle in Greek recorded history, between Corinth and Corcyra. 664 BC: Assurbanipal captures and sacks Thebes, Egypt. 664 BC: Psammetichus I succeeds Necho I as king of Lower Egypt. 664 BC: Taharqa appoints his nephew Tantamani as his successor of Upper Egypt. February 11, 660 BC—Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. 660 BC: First known use of the Demotic script. 660 BC: Psammetichus I drives the Assyrians out of Egypt. 660 BC: Estimated date of the impact that created the Kaali crater 650s BC 650s BC: The Spartan Creed by Ancient Greek poet Tyrtaeus 650s BC: Occupation begins at Maya site of Piedras Negras, Guatemala. 657 BC: Cypselus becomes the first tyrant of Corinth. 656 BC: Psammetichus extends his control over all of Egypt. End of Twenty-fifth Dynasty. 653 BC: Atta-Khumma-In-Shushinak and Khumbanigash II succeed Shilhak-In-Shushinak and Tempti-Khumma-In-Shushinak as kings of the Elamite Empire. 653 BC: Atlanersa becomes ruler of the Napatan kingdom of Kush after the collapse of the 25th Dynasty of Egypt. 652 BC: Babylonia rises in revolt under Shamash-shum-ukin against the Assyrians. 652 BC: Achaemenid dynasty in Persia. 651 BC: King Xiang of Zhou becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China. 650 BC: The town of Abdera in Thrace is founded by colonists from Clazomenae. 650 BC: A climate change affects all the Bronze Age cultures in Europe with colder and wetter climate, and tribes from the Scandinavian Nordic Bronze Age cultures are pushed downwards into the European continent. 640s BC 640s BC: Assyrian king Ashurbanipal founds library, which included our earliest complete copy of the Epic of