6th century BC

The 6th century BC started the first day of and ended the last day of.

Overview
In the Near East, the first half of this century was dominated by the Neo Babylonian or  empire, which had risen to power late in the previous century after successfully rebelling against rule. The came to an end in  when Babylonian forces under  captured, and removed most of its population to their own lands. Babylonian rule was toppled however in the 540's, by, who foundered the in its place. The Persian Empire continued to expand and grew into the greatest empire the world had yet known.

In, the expansion is in progress. China is in the.




 * Beginning of, flourishes during the.
 * The late period in  and, the late  in.
 * become the "" of ., , , and flourish, the  in.
 * During the, , aka , founded , a . This was also the time of the  of the ancient Jews.
 * The and  found  and, challenging  and the  system.
 * The decline of the civilization in.

Events





 * Mid-6th century BC — Foundation of is made.
 * — succeeds  as King of.
 * , — ns capture, replace  with  as king.
 * — succeeds  as king of.
 * — appointed  of ; institutes.
 * — ian army sacks, compelling the ite to move to a more secure location at  near the.
 * — succeeds  as king of.
 * — begins siege of ; the   sets the date at.
 * 587/ — falls to the ns, ending the . The conquerors destroy the  of  and exile the land's remaining inhabitants.  for the Jews began.
 * — reincarnation of, King of the of.
 * , — A  occurs as predicted by, while  is  . This leads to a truce. This is one of the s from which other dates can be calculated.
 * 585/ — succeeds  as King of the.
 * — becomes King of the  of.
 * — founded at . (traditional date)
 * — succeeds  as king of  and head of the . (approximate date)
 * 580 BC — founded at . (traditional date)
 * — succeeds the assassinated  as . (traditional date)
 * — founded at . (traditional date)
 * — Death of, King of the of.
 * — becomes King of the  of.
 * — succeeds  as king of.
 * — succeeds his brother  as king of.
 * — succeeds  as king of.
 * — succeeds  as king of.
 * 560/ — becomes king of.
 * 560 BC — seizes the  of  and declares himself . He is deposed in the same year.
 * — conquers,  and.
 * — King dies and is succeeded by his son.
 * — removed as  of.
 * 558 BC — The state of  defeats its rival  in battle.
 * — is exiled from  to.
 * 556 BC — succeeds  as king of.
 * 556/ — succeeds  as king of.
 * — is destroyed by the.
 * — overthrows  of the, establishing the.
 * — The begins in the.
 * —, n , is defeated by of  near the.
 * — of  completes his conquest of, and makes  his.
 * — People of migrate to  to escape the yoke of.
 * 544 BC — becomes King of the  of.
 * —   invades  and establishes a . (Wrong. Vijaya invaded sri lanka 45 years after enlightnment of buddha.)


 * 543 BC —, tyrant of , purifies the island of (approximate date).
 * — city of  of  founded (approximate date).
 * 540 BC — conquer  city of  now in  (approximate date).
 * — is conquered by, defeating.
 * c. — Return of some  from  exile who build the  about seventy years after the destruction of the, from –.
 * — s transported to are allowed to return to, bringing to a close the.
 * — According to tradition, the   receives an angelic visitor. see Daniel 10:4
 * — becomes king of.
 * — Competitions for are instituted at the   in.
 * — succeeds  as King of.
 * — attained, and began his ministry.  founds  in . It becomes a major.
 * — succeeds  as king of.
 * —, ruler of , conquers , defeating . This is considered the end of the , and the start of the.
 * — succeeds  as ruler of.
 * — rebels against  rule.
 * — succeeds  as ruler of.
 * 521 BC — The rebellion against  rule is suppressed.
 * — becomes King of the  of  but dies before the end of the year.
 * 520 BC — succeeds  as king of . (approximate date).
 * — becomes  of the  of.
 * — — Occupation of  is completed by the.
 * , — Construction is completed on the.
 * — establishes "", the ancient name for, as his  in.
 * — subdues the  and east  in his war against the.
 * —, son of and  of , is expelled  by a popular revolt supported by ,  of  and his forces.
 * — End of reign of, last king of the traditional seven.
 * — Establishment of the.
 * — succeeds  as . (approximate date)
 * , — The  of  on  is dedicated on the.
 * — Office of  created in.
 * —, , takes power and increases.
 * — : Forces of the under  defeat the forces of.
 * — First pair of s elected.
 * , —   darkens . (computed, no clear historical record of observation)
 * — The defeats the s under  at.
 * 502 BC — rebels against n domination sparking the.
 * — reforms  in.
 * 501 BC — is attacked by the.
 * 501 BC — In response to threats by the, creates the office of.
 * 501 BC — is appointed governor of.
 * 501 BC — (present-day ) is captured by . (approximate date)
 * — -speaking people migrate into south-west from the . (approximate date)
 * 500 BC — s from resettle.
 * 500 BC — of  proclaims that  be the  of the western half of his empire.
 * 500 BC — Signifies the end of the civilization in  periodization system and begins the.
 * 500 BC — Foundation of first in   . (This is not right. Vaishali was a republic in the time of buddha.)
 * — The tribe began around this time, in Middle and.
 * begin to seize power.
 * dominate.
 * The under  and later  invade.
 * 's empire slowly dominates the.
 *  written (traditional date).
 * formulates his system of, which proves highly influential in.
 * The emigrate to.
 * Apparent writing of the.
 * The prophet, according to the , leaves and settles in.
 * is colonized by the.
 * The celtic ' or ', invade and  the  some time before the.
 * Emergence of the.
 * Temple B,, , is built.

Significant persons

 * of, the 24th of , (–)
 * —, king of
 * of, Greek mathematician and discoverer of the (–)
 * — Death of (approximate date)
 * , king of (–July,, reigned –July, )
 * and, leaders of the s returning from the
 * May, — Birth of, later known as  in ,  (d. May,
 * 563 BC —, mother of , dies seven days after giving birth
 * c. — Death of, king of
 * , Tyrant of in, – and – (d. )
 * of, one of the (–)
 * —  in Japan appeared
 * c. — Birth of
 * of,  (c. –)
 * , founding figure of (–)
 * , Greek mathematician (–), predicts solar eclipse in
 * , (born ; reigned –)
 * — Death of
 * — Death of,  (approximate date).
 * — Death of, King of the of.
 * ((To be verified)) — Death of (traditionally in  and elsewhere — basis of the ).
 * c. —  becomes king of ia.
 * / — Death of, the last King of
 * c. — Birth of  of ,
 * , of, (–)
 * — Death of, the last of the  of
 * — Birth of ,
 * March, — Death of, ruler of ancient  (suicide)
 * October, — Death of, ruler of ancient
 * c. — Birth of  of
 * of, a famous  and -, associated with the
 * , legendary figure, first prophet recorded in the
 * , author of 
 * , author of 

Inventions, discoveries, introductions

 * First surveys of the  by  king.
 * (孫叔敖), China's first engineer, creates an enormous artificial  by damming a river for a massive  project while employed in the service of  (d. 591 BC).