What happened in 598 BC?
One recorded event in 598 BC: Jehoiakim died.
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Jehoiakim died
Died in Jerusalem. Eighteenth King of Judah.
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Around this time
The nearest recorded events on either side of 598 BC.
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Battle of Carchemish
Ancient battle between Egypt and Babylon
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Butades died
Died in Ancient Greece. Ancient Greek potter.
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Temple of Hera, Olympia
Temple in Greece
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Temple of Apollo in Cyrene
Temple / altar / polytheist building in Cyrene, Libya
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Cyrus the Great born
Born in Anshan Persia. Founder of the Achaemenid Empire (559–529 BC).
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Chilon of Sparta born
Born in Sparta. 6th century BC Spartan philosopher, ephor and writer.
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Archidamus I born
Born in Sparta. 6th-century BC Spartan king.
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Kamarina
Ancient city on the southern coast of Sicily
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Urartu dissolved
Urartu ceased to exist, having been centered at Arzashkun.
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Siege of Jerusalem
Nebuchadnezzar II laid siege to Jerusalem, culminating in the destruction of the city and its temple in the summer of 587 or 586 BC
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Kingdom of Judah dissolved
Kingdom of Judah ceased to exist, having been centered at Jerusalem.
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Anaximenes of Miletus born
Born in Miletus. Greek Ionian Pre-Socratic philosopher (c.586–c.526 BC).
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