6th century BC
(7th century BC - 6th century BC - 5th century BC - other centuries) (600s BC - 590s BC - 580s BC - 570s BC - 560s BC - 550s BC - 540s BC - 530s BC - 520s BC - 510s BC - 500s BC - other decades) (2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium AD)
---- Events Cyrus the Great conquered many countries and created the Persian Empire.*Persians conquer Ancient Egypt, dominate eastern Mediterranean.*Ruin of the Kingdom of Judah and the destruction of the First Temple (586 BC), return of the Jews several decades later (538 BC).* Fall of the Babylonian Empire (539 BC), destroyed by Cyrus the Great.* The Persians under Darius I and later Cyrus invade Transoxiana. Carthage's merchant empire slowly dominates the western MediterraneanRoman Republic foundedGautama Buddha founds Buddhism in India. It becomes a major world religion.Tao Te Ching written (traditional date)Confucius formulates his ethical system of Confucianism, which proves highly influential in ChinaThe Sinhalese emigrate to Sri LankaApparent writing of the Book of PsalmsThe prophet Lehi, according to the Book of Mormon, leaves Jerusalem and settles in North America. Abkhazia is colonized by the Greeks.The celtic Bruthin or Priteni, invade Britain and Ireland the British Isles some time before the 5th century BC.
Significant personsStesichorus of Sicily, lyric poet (c. 640-555 BC). Solon of Athens, one of the Seven Sages of Greece (638 - 558 BC).Thales, Greek mathematician ( 635 - 543 BC). Predicts solar eclipse in 585 BC.Pythagoras of Samos, Greek mathematician. See Pythagorean theorem. (582 - 496 BC).Cyrus the Great, king of Persia ( 576 - 529 BC, reigned 559 - 529 BC).Gautama Buddha, founding figure of Buddhism (c. 563 - 483 BC).Confucius, founding figure of Confucianism (551 - 479 BC). Aeschylus of Athens, playwright (525 - 456 BC). Darius I, King of Persia (reigned 521 - 485 BC).Lehi, first prophet recorded in the Book of Mormon
Inventions, discoveries, introductions First archeological surveys of the Arabian peninsula by Babylonian king Nabonidus.
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