Editing 650 BC

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The year '''650 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. In the [[Roman Empire]], it was known as '''year 104 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'' '''. The denomination 650 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==
* A [[Climate change (general concept)|climate change]] occurs in [[Europe]], affecting all the [[Bronze Age]] cultures with colder and wetter climate, and tribes from [[Scandinavia]] migrate south into the European [[continent]].
* Wine pitcher ([[oenochoe]]) from [[Rhodes]] is begun, finished in [[625 BC]]. It is now at the [[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston|Museum of Fine Arts]], [[Boston]].
* The city of [[Ancient Carthage]] acquires independence from [[Tyre, Lebanon|Tyre]].
*Thales discovered the first theorems related to circles.

==Deaths==
* [[Mentuemhat]], Theban Egyptian official

==References==
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