699 BC

Millennium:	1st millenniumBC
Centuries:	8th centuryBC 7th centuryBC 6th centuryBC
Decades:	710sBC 700sBC 690sBC 680sBC 670sBC
Years:	702BC 701BC 700BC 699BC 698BC 697BC 696BC

699 BC in variouscalendars

Gregorian calendar	699 BC DCXCIX BC
Ab urbe condita	55
Ancient Egypt era	XXVdynasty,54
- Pharaoh	Shebitku,9
Ancient Greek era	20thOlympiad,year 2
Assyrian calendar	4052
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1291
Berber calendar	252
Buddhist calendar	−154
Burmese calendar	−1336
Byzantine calendar	4810–4811
Chinese calendar	Tân tịNiên (MetalSnake) 1999 or 1792 — to — Nhâm ngọ niên (WaterHorse) 2000 or 1793
Coptic calendar	−982 – −981
Discordian calendar	468
Ethiopian calendar	−706 – −705
Hebrew calendar	3062–3063
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	−642 – −641
-Shaka Samvat	N/A
-Kali Yuga	2402–2403
Holocene calendar	9302
Iranian calendar	1320 BP – 1319 BP
Islamic calendar	1361 BH – 1360 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1635
Minguo calendar	2610 beforeROC Dân tiền 2610 niên
Nanakshahi calendar	−2166
Thai solar calendar	−156 – −155
Tibetan calendar	Âm kim xà niên (female Iron-Snake) −572 or −953 or −1725 — to — Dương thủy mã niên (male Water-Horse) −571 or −952 or −1724

The year699 BCwas a year of thepre-Julian Roman calendar.In theRoman Empire,it was known asyear 55Ab urbe condita.The denomination 699 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when theAnno Dominicalendar erabecame the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events and trends

By place

Middle East

• Hallashu-Inshushinak succeeds Shuttir-Nakhkhunte as king of theElamite Empire.
• Manassehsucceeds Hezekiah as king of Judah. The first king who did not have an experience with theKingdom of Israel,Manasseh ruled with his mother, Hephzibah, as regent.
• Sennacheribcarries out his fifthmilitary campaigninBabylonia,a series of raids against the villages around the foot ofMount Judi,located to the northeast ofNineveh.