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| Gregorian calendar | 644 BC DCXLIV BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 110 |
| Ancient Egypt era | XXVI dynasty, 21 |
| - Pharaoh | Psamtik I, 21 |
| Ancient Greek era | 34th Olympiad (victor )¹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 4107 |
| Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
| Bengali calendar | −1236 |
| Berber calendar | 307 |
| Buddhist calendar | −99 |
| Burmese calendar | −1281 |
| Byzantine calendar | 4865–4866 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙子年 (Fire Rat) 2054 or 1847 — to — 丁丑年 (Fire Ox) 2055 or 1848 |
| Coptic calendar | −927 – −926 |
| Discordian calendar | 523 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −651 – −650 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3117–3118 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | −587 – −586 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2457–2458 |
| Holocene calendar | 9357 |
| Iranian calendar | 1265 BP – 1264 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 1304 BH – 1303 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | N/A |
| Korean calendar | 1690 |
| Minguo calendar | 2555 before ROC 民前2555年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −2111 |
| Thai solar calendar | −101 – −100 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳火鼠年 (male Fire-Rat) −517 or −898 or −1670 — to — 阴火牛年 (female Fire-Ox) −516 or −897 or −1669 |
The year 644 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 110 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 644 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
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Alyattes, sometimes described as Alyattes I, was the fourth king of the Mermnad dynasty in Lydia, the son of Sadyattes, grandson of Ardys, and great-grandson of Gyges. He died after a reign of 57 years and was succeeded by his son Croesus.
Lydia was an Iron Age kingdom situated in the west of Asia Minor, in modern-day Turkey. Later, it became an important province of the Achaemenid Empire and then the Roman Empire. Its capital was Sardis.
The 7th century BC began the first day of 700 BC and ended the last day of 601 BC.
The 8th century BC started the first day of 800 BC and ended the last day of 701 BC. The 8th century BC was a period of great change for several historically significant civilizations. In Egypt, the 23rd and 24th dynasties lead to rule from Kingdom of Kush in the 25th Dynasty. The Neo-Assyrian Empire reaches the peak of its power, conquering the Kingdom of Israel as well as nearby countries.
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Croesus was the king of Lydia, who reigned from 585 BC until his defeat by the Persian king Cyrus the Great in 547 or 546 BC. According to Herodotus, he reigned 14 years. Croesus was renowned for his wealth; Herodotus and Pausanias noted that his gifts were preserved at Delphi. The fall of Croesus had a profound effect on the Greeks, providing a fixed point in their calendar. "By the fifth century at least", J. A. S. Evans has remarked, "Croesus had become a figure of myth, who stood outside the conventional restraints of chronology."
Gyges was the founder of the Mermnad dynasty of Lydian kings and the first known king of the Lydian kingdom to have attempted to transform it into a powerful empire. Gyges reigned 38 years according to Herodotus.
The Cimmerians were an ancient Eastern Iranic equestrian nomadic people originating in the Pontic–Caspian steppe, part of whom subsequently migrated into West Asia. Although the Cimmerians were culturally Scythian, they formed an ethnic unit separate from the Scythians proper, to whom the Cimmerians were related and who displaced and replaced the Cimmerians.
The year 657 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 97 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 657 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Sadyattes was the third king of the Mermnad dynasty in Lydia, the son of Ardys and the grandson of Gyges of Lydia. Sadyattes reigned 12 years according to Herodotus.
The year 675 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 79 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 675 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Madyes was a Scythian king who ruled during the period of the Scythian presence in West Asia in the 7th century BCE.
Ardys was the son of Gyges of Lydia, whom he succeeded as the second king of the Mermnad dynasty.
Dugdammî or Tugdammî, also known by the Greeks as Lygdamis and Dygdamis, was a Cimmerian king of the mid-seventh century BC.
Sandakshatru or Sandakuru was the last known Cimmerian king.
The Treres were a Thracian tribe, of whom a part invaded Anatolia in the 7th century BCE, while another part lived in Thrace and Illyria.
The prehistory of Anatolia stretches from the Paleolithic era through to the appearance of classical civilisation in the middle of the 1st millennium BC. It is generally regarded as being divided into three ages reflecting the dominant materials used for the making of domestic implements and weapons: Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age. The term Copper Age (Chalcolithic) is used to denote the period straddling the stone and Bronze Ages.
The Cimmerian invasion of Phrygia occurred in the 7th century B.C. Around 696, the Cimmerian people invaded Phrygia with help of the King of Urartu, Rusa II. They burned the kingdom's city of Gordium, which likely caused the Phrygian king Midas to commit suicide. Around 680, the Phrygian kingdom dissolved, and their hegemony was later transferred to the Lydians.
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