599 Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
Cyaxares ... (Media) (628-585) King
598 Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
Cyaxares ... (Media) (628-585) King
597 Jerusalem falls to Nebuchadnezzar (3)
Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
Cyaxares ... (Media) (628-585) King
596 Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
Cyaxares ... (Media) (628-585) King
595 Necho II + (Egypt XXVI) Saite
Psammetichus II + (Egypt XXVI) Saite
Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
Cyaxares ... (Media) (628-585) King
594 Solon becomes sole archon at Athens
Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
Cyaxares ... (Media) (628-585) King
593 Solon’s reforms in Athens replace Draconian Law
Solon creates court of citizens and reforms election of magistrates
Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
Cyaxares ... (Media) (628-585) King
Ezekiel 593-570
592 Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
Cyaxares ... (Media) (628-585) King
591 Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
Cyaxares ... (Media) (628-585) King
590 Scythians driven out of Armenia by the Medes
Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
Cyaxares ... (Media) (628-585) King
589 Psammetichus II - (Egypt XXVI) Saite
Wahibre + (Egypt XXVI) Saite ("Apries")
Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
Cyaxares ... (Media) (628-585) King
588 Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
Cyaxares ... (Media) (628-585) King
587 Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon destroys Jerusalem (586)
Judah Falls to Babylon - Babylonian Captivity begins
Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
Cyaxares ... (Media) (628-585) King
Ji Yi (Jian Wang) + (China) Spring and Autumn
586 Sakadas of Argos wins Pythian Games with Nomos Pythicos
Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
Ji Yu (Ding Wang) - (China) Spring and Autumn
585 Battle between the Medes and the Lydians for control of central Asia Minor - the Halys fixed as boundary
Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Cyaxares - (Media) (628-585) King
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
Anaximenes 585-525
Thales of Miletus 585-546
584 Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Astyages + (Media)
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
583 Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
582 Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
Anacreon 582-485
581 Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
580 Hanging Gardens of Babylon construction begins
Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
Pythagoras 580-497
579 Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
578 Servius Tullius + (Kingdom of Rome) (578-535) 6th King
Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
577 Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
576 Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
575 Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
574 Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
573 Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
572 Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
Ji Yi (Jian Wang) - (China) Spring and Autumn
Anacreon 572-488
571 Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
Ji Xie Xin (Ling Wang) + (China) Spring and Autumn
570 Wahibre - (Egypt XXVI) Saite ("Apries")
Amasis II + (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
Xenophanes of Colophon 570-480
569 Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
568 Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
567 Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
566 Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
565 Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
564 Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
563 Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Nebuchadnezzar II ... (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
Gautama Buddha 563-483
562 Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Nebuchadnezzar II - (Babylonia) (605-562) Chaldean PC 17*
Amil-Marduk + (Chaldea) (-560) PC 18*
561 Alyattes II ... (Lydia) (619-560) King
Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
560 Bluebeard Pediment (Acropolis) (560-550)
Athenian black-figure pottery becomes the most popular Greek ware
Peisistratus becomes tyrant of Athens
Alyattes II - (Lydia) (619-560) King
Croesus + (Lydia)
Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Amil-Marduk - (Chaldea) PC 18*
Neriglissar + (Chaldea) PC 19*
559 Cyrus the Great founds Achaemenid Persian Empire
Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Cyrus II + (Persia) (559-529) King (Achaemenid)
Solon 640-559
558 Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Cyrus II ... (Persia) (559-529) King (Achaemenid)
557 Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Cyrus II ... (Persia) (559-529) King (Achaemenid)
556
Peisistratus exiled from Athens
Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Cyrus II ... (Persia) (559-529) King (Achaemenid)
Simonides 556-468
555 Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Neriglissar - PC 19*
Nabodinus + PC 20*
Cyrus II ... (Persia) (559-529) King (Achaemenid)
554 Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Cyrus II ... (Persia) (559-529) King (Achaemenid)
553 Persian rebellion against Media begins
Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Cyrus II ... (Persia) (559-529) King (Achaemenid)
552 Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Cyrus II ... (Persia) (559-529) King (Achaemenid)
551 Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Cyrus II ... (Persia) (559-529) King (Achaemenid)
K'ung Fu-tzu (Confucius) 551-479
550 Cyrus of Persia gains control of Media by defeating Astyages
Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Cyrus II ... (Persia) (559-529) King (Achaemenid)
549 Cyrus conquers Ecbatana - effectively controlling Median Empire
Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Astyages - (Media)
Cyrus II ... (Persia) (559-529) King (Achaemenid)
548 Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Cyrus II ... (Persia) (559-529) King (Achaemenid)
547 Croesus - (Lydia)
Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Cyrus II ... (Persia) (559-529) King (Achaemenid)
546
Battle of Pteria - Croesus
forced to retreat to his capital Sardis (10-11)
Battle of Thymbra - (12)
Battle of Sardis - Cyrus
conquers Croesus last king of Lydia (12)
Persians control Asia Minor
Piesistratus + (Athens)
Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Cyrus II ... (Persia) (559-529) King (Achaemenid)
545 Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Cyrus II ... (Persia) (559-529) King (Achaemenid)
Ji Xie Xin (Ling Wang) - (China) Spring and Autumn
544 Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Cyrus II ... (Persia) (559-529) King (Achaemenid)
Ji Gui (Jing Wang) + (China) Spring and Autumn
543 Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Cyrus II ... (Persia) (559-529) King (Achaemenid)
542 Magadha dynasty starts in Northern India near modern Patna
Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Cyrus II ... (Persia) (559-529) King (Achaemenid)
Bimbisara + (Magadha)
541 Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Cyrus II ... (Persia) (559-529) King (Achaemenid)
540 “Second Isaiah” (Isaiah 40-55) denies existence of gods other than Yahweh - nationalistic monotheism
Xenophanes propounds philosophic monotheism
Persians conquer greek cities of Asia Minor
Polycrates + (Samos)
Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Cyrus II ... (Persia) (559-529) King (Achaemenid)
Heraclitus of Ephesus 540-475
Mahavira 540-468
539 Cyrus of Persia conquers Nabonidus of Babylon (10/16)
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Judah and Phoenicia become Persian provinces
Greeks defeat Cathaginians in battle
Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Nabonidus - (Chaldea) PC 20*
Cyrus II ... (Persia) (559-529) King (Achaemenid) PC 21*
Parmenides of Elea 539-469
538 Edict of Cyrus allows some Jewish exiles to return to Judah
Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Cyrus II ... (Persia) (559-529) King (Achaemenid) PC 21*
537 Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Cyrus II ... (Persia) (559-529) King (Achaemenid) PC 21*
536 Jews return from captivity in Babylon
535 Servius Tullius + (Kingdom of Rome) (578-) 6th King
Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Cyrus II ... (Persia) (559-529) King (Achaemenid) PC 21*
534 Tarquinius Superbus last king of Rome
Tarquinius Superbus + (Rome) (534-510)
Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Cyrus II ... (Persia) (559-529) King (Achaemenid) PC 21*
533 Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Cyrus II ... (Persia) (559-529) King (Achaemenid) PC 21*
532 Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Cyrus II ... (Persia) (559-529) King (Achaemenid) PC 21*
531 Pythagoras emigrates to Croton
Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Cyrus II ... (Persia) (559-529) King (Achaemenid) PC 21*
530 Epicharmus 530-440
Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Cyrus II ... (Persia) (559-529) King (Achaemenid) PC 21*
529 Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Cyrus II - (Persia) (559-529) King (Achaemenid) PC 21*
Cambyses II + (Persia) (529-522) King (Achaemenid) PC 22*
528 Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Cambyses II ... (Persia) (529-522) King (Achaemenid) PC 22*
527 Piesistratus - (Athens)
Hippias and Hipparchus + (Athens)
Amasis II ... (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Cambyses II ... (Persia) (529-522) King (Achaemenid) PC 22*
526 Amasis II - (Egypt XXVI) (570-526) Saite ("Amhose II")
Psammetichus III + (Egypt XXVI) (526-525) Saite
Cambyses II ... (Persia) (529-522) King (Achaemenid) PC 22*
525 Battle of Pelusium - (in eastern Nile Delta) Cambyses of Persia conquers Egypt (5)
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Egyptian Dynasty XXVII (525-332) - First Persian Domination
Psammetichus III - (Egypt XXVI) (526-525) Saite
Cambyses II ... (Persia) (529-522) King (Achaemenid) PC 22*
Pythagoras and the philosophic life
Aeschylus 525-456
524 Etruscan advance stopped by Greeks at Cumae
Cambyses II ... (Persia) (529-522) King (Achaemenid) PC 22*
Themistocles 524-460
523 Lunar Eclipse recorded in Ptolemy's Canon and Strassmaier Cambyses 400 (cunieform tablet) - 7/16
Cambyses II ... (Persia) (529-522) King (Achaemenid) PC 22*
522 Egyptian Revolt against Persian rule (522-520)
Darius begins reorganization of the Persian empire
Cambyses II - (Persia) (529-522) King (Achaemenid) PC 22*
Darius I + (Persia) (522-485) King (Achaemenid) PC 23*
Seheribre Pedubast III + (Egypt XXVII)
Pindar 522-438
521 Relief of King Darius (Achaemenian Style, Bisutun)
The Treasury Relief - Darius receiving Tribute (Persepolis) (521-486)
Darius I rules Persia
Persia divided into 20 satrapies (e.g. Egypt)
Cambyses - PC 22*
Darius I ... (Persia) (522-485) King PC 23*
Ji Gui (Jing Wang) - (China) Spring and Autumn
520 Fresco in the Tomb of Hunting and Fishing (Etruscan) (-510)
Kouros from Anavyssos Marble
Temple of Jerusalem construction resumes (520-515)
Polycrates - (Samos)
Seheribre Pedubast III - (Egypt XXVII)
Darius I ... (Persia) (522-485) King PC 23*
Ji Meng (Dao Wang) +- (China) Spring and Autumn
Cratinus 520-423
Panini 520-460 Indian Grammarian (Gandhara)
519 Darius I ... (Persia) (522-485) King PC 23*
Ji Gai (Jing Wang) + (China) Spring and Autumn
518 Darius I ... (Persia) (522-485) King PC 23*
517 Hipparchus - (Athens) murdered
Darius I ... (Persia) (522-485) King PC 23*
516 Darius I ... (Persia) (522-485) King PC 23*
515 Aphrodite and Ares - red-figure cup (Oltos)
Darius I ... (Persia) (522-485) King PC 23*
514 Darius I ... (Persia) (522-485) King PC 23*
513 Persians under Darius cross Hellespont and conquer Thrace
Darius I ... (Persia) (522-485) King PC 23*
512 Rededicated Temple in Jerusalem
Darius I ... (Persia) (522-485) King PC 23*
511 Darius I ... (Persia) (522-485) King PC 23*
510 Peisistratus’ family expelled from Athens - aristocracy restored
Darius I ... (Persia) (522-485) King PC 23*
Tarquiniua Superbus of Rome overthrown in rebellion
Tarquinius Superbus - (Rome) (534-)
Hippias - (Athens)
Darius I ... (Persia) (522-485) King PC 23*
509 Roman republic founded (Early Republic -264)
Tarquinius Superbus "The Proud" expelled, flees to Etruscan territory (trad.)
Darius I ... (Persia) (522-485) King PC 23*
508 Cleisthenes overthrows aristocracy and establishes democracy in Athens
Etruscan ruler Lars Porsena attacks Rome - Horatius Cocles' defence of the bridge over the Tiber
Rome makes treaty with Carthage
Cleisthenes + (Athens)
Darius I ... (Persia) (522-485) King PC 23*
507 Spartans under Cleomenes try to restore aristocracy in Athens - Athenians reinstate Cleisthenes
Darius I ... (Persia) (522-485) King PC 23*
506 Darius I ... (Persia) (522-485) King PC 23*
505 Formation of Peloponnesian League
Cleisthenes - (Athens)
Darius I ... (Persia) (522-485) King PC 23*
504 Darius I ... (Persia) (522-485) King PC 23*
503 Darius I ... (Persia) (522-485) King PC 23*
502 Darius I ... (Persia) (522-485) King PC 23*
501 Titus Larcius is chosen Rome's first dictator to defend against the thirty Latin cities bent on reinstating Tarquin
Athenian army reorganized according to tribe rather than wealth
Postumus Cominius +- (Rome) (501) Consul
Titus Larcius +- (Rome) (501) Consul (1st Dictator)
Darius I ... (Persia) (522-485) King PC 23*
500 Odes (Pindar)
Hecataeus of Miletus writes first geography
Establishment of early Roman Republic
Bantu-speaking peoples spread in East Africa
Beginning of Iron Age in China
Servius Sulpicius +- (Rome) (500) Consul
Manlius Tullius +- (Rome) (500) Consul
Amyntas I + (Macedon)
Darius I ... (Persia) (522-485) King PC 23*
Anaxagoras of Clazomemae 500-428
Mo Tzu (Ti) 500-396
Phidias 500-435