In Jer, what was the world like during this time?
Jeremiah lived during troubled times. Here are some of the events. Date Event 653 B.C. Scythians dominate Medes and kill Khshathrita the Mede 653 B.C. Coup in Elam. Assyria and Elam were friendly before this. 653 B.C. Assyria defeats Elam. Egypt free from Assyria 653 B.C. Cimmerians defeat Lydia 652-643 B.C. Civil War in Assyria, Shamash-shum-ukin revels against his brother Ashurbanipal c.650 B.C. Messenians revolt against Spartans 650 B.C. Scythians and Cimmerians raid Palestine 648 B.C. Assyrians sack Babylon 646 B.C. Ashurbanipal the Assyrian exiles Elamites 642-639 B.C. Assyrians attack Elam, sack Susa, and behead King Teumann 638 B.C. At the Hong River, Chu defeat Duke Xiang of Song 633 B.C. Assyrians sack Thebes in Egypt 632 B.C. Kylon tries to take Athens from Megakles c.631/627 B.C. Medes under Kyaxares besiege Nineveh. 628-571 B.C. Lydians fight Cimmerians 626/625 B.C. Babylonians gain independence from Assyria 625 B.C. Kyaxares the Mede throws off Scythians 615 B.C. Arrapkha
