century, 27 engagements

Battles of the 7th century BC

27 engagements of the 7th century BC are placed in the atlas: 21 battles and 6 sieges across 8 present-day countries, most in Iraq (10), Turkey (5), China (3). The century's largest wars by placed engagements: Medo-Babylonian conquest of the Assyrian Empire (6), history, heritage and archaeology (1), Spartan–Argive wars (1).

27 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by decade

27 dated engagements, one bar per decade, coloured by era.

Wars of the century 3 with pages

Most widely documented engagements

Date	Engagement	Place	War
605 BC	Battle of Carchemish	Carchemish	Ancient Africa
609 BC	Battle of Megiddo	Tel Megiddo
612 BC	Fall of Nineveh	Nineveh	Medo-Babylonian conquest of the Assyrian Empire
632 BC	Battle of Chengpu		history, heritage and archaeology
647 BC	Battle of Susa	Susa	Assyrian conquest of Persia
614 BC	Fall of Assur	Assur	Medo-Babylonian conquest of the Assyrian Empire
610 BC	Fall of Harran	Harran	Medo-Babylonian conquest of the Assyrian Empire
605 BC	Battle of Hamath	Hama
616 BC	Battle of Arrapha	Arrapha
653 BC	Battle of Ulai	Karkheh River	Assyrian conquest of Persia
669 BC	Battle of Hysiae	Hysiae	Spartan–Argive wars
691 BC	Battle of Halule	Halule
614 BC	Fall of Tarbisu	Tarbisu	Medo-Babylonian conquest of the Assyrian Empire
689 BC	Siege of Babylon	Babylon
693 BC	Battle of Diyala River	Diyala River
605 BC	Battle of Quramati	Euphrates
January 684 BC	Battle of Changshao
684 BC	Battle of Deres	Derai	Second Messenian War
609 BC	Siege of Harran	Harran	Medo-Babylonian conquest of the Assyrian Empire
645 BC	Battle of Loulin
682 BC	Battle of the Great Foss	Peloponnese	Messenian Wars
606 BC	Siege of Kimuhu	Euphrates
609 BC	Median invasion of Urartu	Armenian Highlands
653 BC	Scythian invasion of Media	Media
616 BC	Battle of Gablini	Upper Mesopotamia	Medo-Babylonian conquest of the Assyrian Empire
667 BC	Battle of Memphis	Memphis	Assyrian conquest of Egypt
11 April 650 BC	Siege of Babylon	Babylon

The 27 most widely documented engagements of the century are listed; the war pages list every placed engagement by date.