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600s BC: Information from Answers.com (864 words) |
 | 609 BC - King Josiah of Judah dies in the Battle of Megiddo against Pharaoh Necho II of Egypt, who is on his way north to aid the rump Assyrian state of Ashur-uballit II. |
| 609 BC - The Babylonians defeat the Assyrian army of Ashur-uballit II and capture Harran. |
| 607 BC - Death of Zhou Kuang Wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China. |
| Zhou Dynasty (713 words) |
| In 771 BC, after King You had replaced his queen with a concubine Baosi, he was then sacked by the joint force of the queen's father, who was the powerful Marquess of Shen, and the barbarians. |
| The capital was moved eastward in 722 BC to Luoyang in present-day Henan Province. |
| The first, from 722 to 481 BC, is called the Spring and Autumn Period, after a famous historical chronicle of the time; the second is known as the Warring States Period (403 BC-221 BC). |
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