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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 (Ach
aemenid) 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)
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)
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



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