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Events relating to asia
The Assyrian army makes good use of the new technology by which iron can be hardened into steel suitable for weapons
The Zhou rulers, driven east from Xi'an, create a new capital at Loyang and establish the Eastern Zhou dynasty
Ionia emerges as a political entity, forming a league of twelve Greek cities in Asia Minor
The Assyrians overwhelm the north of Israel and the ten northern tribes vanish from history - the majority of them probably dispersed or sold into slavery
The first known lock and key is fitted in the new palace of Sargon II at Khorsabad, in Assyria
Judah and Benjamin, together forming the kingdom of Judah, are the only two surviving tribes of Israel
Sennacherib moves the Assyrian capital to a new site at Nineveh
The Assyrian king, Sennacherib, destroys with great brutality the city of Babylon
Ashurbanipal commissions a great library of cuneiform clay tablets at Nineveh
The earliest known coins are minted in Ephesus, bean-shaped and struck on one side with a distinguishing mark
The Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh is known in its complete form from texts in the library of Ashurbanipal at Nineveh
Ashurbanipal commissions a magnificent relief of a lion hunt for his new palace at Nineveh
The Babylonians defeat an Egyptian army at Carchemish, but do not press on into Egypt
Nebuchadnezzar comes to the throne of Babylon, beginning a prosperous reign of more than forty years
Phoenicians sail round the Cape of Good Hope and bring back the surprising news that the sun was seen to the north of them
The poems of the Shi Jing, China's earliest work of literature, are gathered together
Hindu hermits live in groups described as ashramas
After a long siege Jerusalem is taken by Nebuchadnezzar and the city, including Solomon's Temple, is destroyed
The Jews, taken into captivity in Babylon, form the first community of the Diaspora
Nebuchadnezzar builds the hanging gardens of Babylon, supposedly to comfort a homesick wife
The synagogue, as a simple place of Jewish worship, develops during the Babylonian captivity
The Iranian prophet Zoroaster teaches that there is one god, Ahura Mazda
Anaximander, a pupil of Thales, develops bold theories about the formation of the earth and the beginning of life
The Sinhalese, after moving south through India, cross into Sri Lanka
