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650s BC

Centuries: 8th century BC - 7th century BC - 6th century BC

Decades: 700s BC 690s BC 680s BC 670s BC 660s BC - 650s BC - 640s BC 630s BC 620s BC 610s BC 600s BC

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Occupation begins at Maya site of Piedras Negras, Guatemala
656 BC - Psammetichus[?] extends his control over all of Egypt. End of Twenty-fifth Dynasty[?]
652 BC - Death of Gyges, king of Lydia
652 BC - Death of Zhou hui wang[?], King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
651 BC - Zhou xiang wang[?] becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.

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