Editing 647 BC

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The year '''647 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. In the [[Roman Empire]], it was known as '''year 107 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'' '''. The denomination 647 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.

== Events ==

=== Middle East ===
* [[Elam]] refuses to extradite an [[Arameans|Aramaean]] prince, giving the king [[Ashurbanipal]] of [[Assyria]] an excuse to invade the country. He sacks the city of [[Susa]].
* Ashurbanipal and his Queen in the Garden, from the palace at [[Nineveh]] (modern [[Kuyunjik]], Iraq), is made. It is now at the [[British Museum]], [[London]].

== Births ==

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== Deaths ==

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