General
Population: Perhaps 100 million*
- Deaths: Sennacherib of Assyria (681 BC)
Europe
- Greece: Athens surrenders rule of hereditary kings and has council of 9 noblemen (683 BC)
Middle East
- Assyria: Death of Sennacherib and Esarhaddon reigns (681 BC)
- Babylon: Sennacherib of Assyria invades, sacking Babylon and flooding the region - done for rebellion (689 BC)
- Judaea: Judah surrenders to Assyria (682 BC)