656 BC
Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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656 BC by topic |
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Gregorian calendar | 656 BC DCLVI BC |
Ab urbe condita | 98 |
Ancient Egypt era | XXVI dynasty, 9 |
- Pharaoh | Psamtik I, 9 |
Ancient Greek era | 31st Olympiad (victor)¹ |
Assyrian calendar | 4095 |
Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
Bengali calendar | −1248 |
Berber calendar | 295 |
Buddhist calendar | −111 |
Burmese calendar | −1293 |
Byzantine calendar | 4853–4854 |
Chinese calendar | 甲子年 (Wood Rat) 2042 or 1835 — to — 乙丑年 (Wood Ox) 2043 or 1836 |
Coptic calendar | −939 – −938 |
Discordian calendar | 511 |
Ethiopian calendar | −663 – −662 |
Hebrew calendar | 3105–3106 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | −599 – −598 |
- Shaka Samvat | N/A |
- Kali Yuga | 2445–2446 |
Holocene calendar | 9345 |
Iranian calendar | 1277 BP – 1276 BP |
Islamic calendar | 1316 BH – 1315 BH |
Javanese calendar | N/A |
Julian calendar | N/A |
Korean calendar | 1678 |
Minguo calendar | 2567 before ROC 民前2567年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | −2123 |
Thai solar calendar | −113 – −112 |
Tibetan calendar | 阳木鼠年 (male Wood-Rat) −529 or −910 or −1682 — to — 阴木牛年 (female Wood-Ox) −528 or −909 or −1681 |
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The year 656 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 98 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 656 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
[edit]By place
[edit]Egypt
[edit]- Thebes submits to the Egyptian ruler Psamtik I of Sais, who has allied himself with Gyges of Lydia and employs Libyan soldiers in a rebellion against Assyrian rule with help from Carian and Ionian mercenaries. Psamtik permits the city's mayor Mentuemhat to retain his position, who is not only the most powerful Theban but also the fourth prophet of Amon.
- Psamtik I extends his control over all Egypt. The Twenty-fifth Dynasty, and subsequent Nubian period, end in Ancient Egypt.[1]
Assyria
[edit]- King Shamash-shum-ukin of Babylon forms a secret alliance with Arabs, Aramaeans, Elamites, Persians, and Egyptians against his half brother Ashurbanipal.
Births
[edit]Deaths
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Egypt in the Late Period (ca. 712–332 B.C.) - Essay - Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History". The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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