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This article concerns the period
559 BC–550 BC
.
Events and trends
edit
Carthage
conquers
Sicily
,
Sardinia
, and
Corsica
.
559 BC
—King
Cambyses I of Anshan
dies and is succeeded by his son
Cyrus II the Great
.
558 BC
—
Hegesias
is removed as
Archon
of
Athens
.
558 BC—The
Chinese
state of
Jin
defeats its rival state of
Qin
in battle.
557 BC
—The
Persians
besiege Larissa (
Calah
) but fail to capture it until a
solar eclipse
occurs.
[
1
]
556 BC
—
Pisistratus
is exiled from
Athens
to
Euboea
.
556 BC—
Labashi-Marduk
succeeds
Neriglissar
as king of
Babylon
.
556 BC—
Nabonidus
succeeds Labashi-Marduk as king of Babylon.
c.
550 BC
—Colonisation of
Greeks
ends.
[
clarification needed
]
550 BC—
Abdera
is destroyed by the
Thracians
.
550 BC—
Mago I
begins his rule of
Carthage
.
550 BC—The
Temple of Artemis
is completed in
Ephesus
.
553-550 BC—
Medo-Persian conflict
, the Persian king
Cyrus II
overthrows the Median king
Astyages
, establishing the
First Persian Empire
.
c. 550 BC—The Temple of Hera I is built in what is now
Paestum
,
Italy
.
550 BC—
Siddhartha Gautama
founds
Buddhism
in
Northern India
after achieving
enlightenment
after six years of practicing
penance
and
meditation
.
Significant people
edit
556 BC
—Rule of
Labashi-Marduk
as king of
Babylon
556 BC
—Rule of
Nabonidus
as king of Babylon
558 BC
—Death of
Solon
,
Athenian
statesman
,
poet
.
c.
556 BC
—Birth of
Simonides of Ceos
.
555 BC
—Death of
Stesichorus
,
Greek
lyric
poet
.
September 28, 551 BC—Birth of
Confucius
, Chinese
philosopher
(traditional date).
c.
551 BC
—Commonly accepted date of death of
Zoroaster
, founder of
Zoroastrianism
.
550 BC
—Birth of
Epicharmus
,
Greek
poet
(d.
460 BC
).
References
edit
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Solar Eclipses and Ancient History. Jennings, S. Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Vol.2, pg. 172
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