• Occupation begins at Maya site of Piedras Negras, Guatemala
• 656 BC - Psammetichus[?] extends his control over all of Egypt. End of Twenty-fifth Dynasty[?]
• 652 BC - Death of Gyges, king of Lydia
• 652 BC - Death of Zhou hui wang[?], King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
• 651 BC - Zhou xiang wang[?] becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.

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