NationMaster - Encyclopedia: 697 BC

699 BC - Khallushu succeeds Shuttir-Nakhkhunte as king of the Elamite Empire
697 BC - Death of Zhou huan wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
696 BC - Zhou zhuang wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
691 BC - King Sennacherib of Assyria defeats king Humban_nimena of Elam in the Battle of Halule.
690 BC - Taharqa, a king of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty, ascends the throne of Egypt (approximate date)

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