Tushpa

City · c. 800–590 BCE · in Europe

Capital of Kingdom of Urartu (800 BCE–590 BCE).

Arzashkun (c. 800 BCE): Capital of Kingdom of Urartu (800 BCE–590 BCE).
Pergamon (801 BCE – 62 CE): Capital of Kingdom of Pontus (281 BCE–62), Kingdom of Pergamon (279 BCE–133 BCE).
Yerevan (782 BCE): Capital of Republic of Armenia (1992–today).
Tengzhou (c. 750 BCE): Capital of Teng (750 BCE–451 BCE).
Fengtai County (c. 750 BCE): Capital of Cai (750 BCE–451 BCE).
Huaiyang District (c. 750 BCE): Capital of Chen (750 BCE–479 BCE).
Xincai County (c. 750 BCE): Capital of Cai (750 BCE–451 BCE).
Shangcai County (c. 750 BCE): Capital of Cai (750 BCE–451 BCE).
Aigai (750 BCE – 100 CE): Capital of Macedonian Empire (675 BCE–292 BCE).
Huazhou District (c. 750 BCE): Capital of Zheng (750 BCE–375 BCE).

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Library of Ashurbanipal (c. 668 BCE): A royal collection of over 30,000 clay tablets and fragments gathered by Ashurbanipal at Nineveh, including the Epic of Gilgamesh; it is a key source for Mesopotamian literature.
First coins in Lydia (c. 620 BCE): Lydia in western Anatolia issued some of the earliest known coins, made of electrum; later King Croesus introduced coins of pure gold and silver.
Fall of Nineveh (612 BCE): A coalition of Babylonians and Medes sacked Nineveh, the Assyrian capital, bringing about the collapse of the Neo-Assyrian Empire.
Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem (c. 587 BCE): Babylonian forces destroyed Jerusalem and Solomon's Temple and deported much of Judah's elite, beginning the Babylonian captivity.
Fall of Babylon (539 BCE): Cyrus the Great's Persian army took Babylon, ending the Neo-Babylonian Empire; Cyrus later allowed deported peoples, including the Judeans, to return home.