Chronology POLITICAL EVENTS B.C. 753 Traditional date for the founding of Rome 720 Sargon II of Assyria conquers Cilicia and Syria 700 Cimmerians destroy the Phrygian kingdom of Midas 687 Kingdom of Lydia founded by Gyges 675 Lycurgan reforms at Sparta 650-620 Sparta fights the second Messen- ian War 632 Attempted tyranny at Athens by Cylon 621 Draco promulgates Athenian law code 605-562 Reign of Nebuchadnezzar II 600-570 Cleisthenes of Sicyon flourishes 594 Solon, archon at Athens 587 Capture of Jerusalem by Nebuchad- nezzar II CULTURAL DEVELOPMENTS B.C. 750-700 Homer active 700 Hesiod's Theogony and Works and Days 675-640 Archilochus active as poet 650 Callinus of Ephesus, Tyrtaeus of Sparta active as poets 630 Mimnermus of Colophon and Alcman of Sparta active as poets 610 Alcaeus and Sappho active as poets in Lesbos 585 Thales of Miletus predicts an eclipse
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