year 648 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 106 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 648 BC for this...

Olympic Games. April 6, 648 BC—Earliest Greek-chronicled solar eclipse. 647 BC — King Assurbanipal of Assyria sacks Susa. c. 647 BC — The wall panel Assurbanipal...

Olympic Games. April 6, 648 BC: Earliest Greek-chronicled solar eclipse. 647 BC: King Assurbanipal of Assyria sacks Susa. 642 BC: Ancus Marcius becomes...

was an unarmed combat sport introduced into the Greek Olympic Games in 648 BC. The athletes used boxing and wrestling techniques but also others, such...

Zhuang, Duke (699–693 BC BC) Xuan, Duke (692–648 BC BC) Mu, Duke (647–632 BC BC) Gong, Duke (631–614 BC BC) Ling, Duke (7th century BC) Xia Zhengshu, ruler...

king of Babylon as a vassal of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from 668 BC to his death in 648. Born into the Assyrian royal family, Šamaš-šuma-ukin was the son...

pankration was introduced in the 33rd Olympiad (648 BC). Boys' pankration became an Olympic event in 200 BC, in the 145th Olympiad. As well as techniques...

Carthaginians, which would fix its first settlement in 648 BC. Archaeology shows that around 580-560 BC the city was completely rebuilt after an unknown event...

Assyria, c.  648 BC. He was likely the son of the high priest Nabonassar. In the reign of Ashurbanipal's son Sinsharishkun (r. 627–612 BC), the grave of...

Babylon's first dynasty under Sumu-abum (r. c.  1894–1881 BC) to Kandalanu (r. 648–627 BC). The end of the tablet is broken off, suggesting that it originally...