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General

Population: Perhaps 100 million*

• Religion: Zoroaster develops religion with concept of good v. evil (see 630 BC) (650 BC)
• Technology: Water clocks used in Assyria (650 BC)

Africa

• Egypt: End of Assyrian rule of Egypt (651 BC)
• North: Greeks found colony of Cyrene (650 BC)
  Foundation of Carthage in modern Tunisia to 146 BC (650 BC)

Europe

• Greece: Corinth ruled by tyranny (657 BC)
  (Written law created (650 BC)
  Oracle of Apollo at Delphi reaches height of influence (650 BC)
  Sparta conquers rebels in Second Messenian War until 630 BC (650 BC)

Middle East

• General: Sythian and Cimmarian raiders sweep Syria and Palestine (650 BC)
• Turkey: Byzantium founded by Greeks (Constantinople later) (658 BC)