*The sacking of [[Thebes]] in 664 B.C. by [[Ashurbanipal]], king of [[Assyria]], in response to a revolt led by [[Pharaoh Taharka]]. Written records left behind by [[Babylonian]], Assyrian, and Egyptian sources make this date absolute. | *The sacking of [[Thebes]] in 664 B.C. by [[Ashurbanipal]], king of [[Assyria]], in response to a revolt led by [[Pharaoh Taharka]]. Written records left behind by [[Babylonian]], Assyrian, and Egyptian sources make this date absolute. |