670s BC

The 670s BC, or 670s BCE are the decade that runs from 679 BC to 670 BC. At the time it was known as 75-84 Ab urbe condita in Rome. The denomination 670s BC for this decade has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming decades.

679 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar679 BC
DCLXXIX BC
Ab urbe condita75
Ancient Egypt eraXXV dynasty, 74
- PharaohTaharqa, 12
Ancient Greek Olympiad (summer)25th Olympiad, year 2
Assyrian calendar4072
Balinese saka calendarN/A
Bengali calendar−1272 – −1271
Berber calendar272
Buddhist calendar−134
Burmese calendar−1316
Byzantine calendar4830–4831
Chinese calendar辛丑年 (Metal Ox)
2019 or 1812
    — to —
壬寅年 (Water Tiger)
2020 or 1813
Coptic calendar−962 – −961
Discordian calendar488
Ethiopian calendar−686 – −685
Hebrew calendar3082–3083
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat−622 – −621
 - Shaka SamvatN/A
 - Kali Yuga2422–2423
Holocene calendar9322
Iranian calendar1300 BP – 1299 BP
Islamic calendar1340 BH – 1339 BH
Javanese calendarN/A
Julian calendarN/A
Korean calendar1655
Minguo calendar2590 before ROC
民前2590年
Nanakshahi calendar−2146
Thai solar calendar−136 – −135
Tibetan calendarལྕགས་མོ་གླང་ལོ་
(female Iron-Ox)
−552 or −933 or −1705
    — to —
ཆུ་ཕོ་སྟག་ལོ་
(male Water-Tiger)
−551 or −932 or −1704
Esarhaddon

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November

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Year unknown

Significant people

Births

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Deaths

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February

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