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The '''sixth century  BC''' started the first day of [[600 BC]] and ended the last day of [[501 BC]].
[[Image:World 500 BCE.png|thumb|250px|Map of the world in 500 BC]]

In India, [[Panini]], sometime during this century<ref>http://books.google.com/books?id=CKLxjjXqAsQC&pg=PA39&lpg=PA39&dq=panini+BCE&source=web&ots=Gakie80Lfx&sig=oEJkmNhpxv9H9qavcz-XKGdallE&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=10&ct=result</ref>, composed a grammar for [[Sanskrit]], which is the one of oldest extant grammar of any language after 15 other proto-dravidian languages like Brahmi.

In the Near East, the first half of this century was dominated by the '''Neo Babylonian''' or '''[[Chaldean dynasty|Chaldean]]''' empire, which had risen to power late in the previous century after successfully rebelling against [[Assyria|Assyrian]] rule. The [[Kingdom of Judah]] came to an end in [[587 BC]] when Babylonian forces under [[Nebuchadnezzar II]] captured [[Jerusalem]], and removed most of its population to their own lands. Babylonian rule was toppled however in the 540's, by [[Cyrus the Great|Cyrus]], who founded the [[Achaemenid Empire|Persian Empire]] in its place. The Persian Empire continued to expand and grew into the greatest empire the world had yet known. 

In [[Iron Age Europe]], the [[Celts|Celtic]] expansion was in progress. China was in the [[Spring and Autumn Period]].

[[Image:Mexico.Tab.OlmecHead.01.jpg|thumb|right|300px|'''Monument 1''', an Olmec colossal head at La Venta]]

*[[Mediterranean]]: Beginning of [[Greek philosophy]], flourishes during the [[5th century BC]].
*The late [[Hallstatt culture]] period in [[Eastern Europe|Eastern]] and [[Central Europe]], the late [[Nordic Bronze Age|Bronze Age]] in [[Northern Europe]].
*[[East Asia]]: The [[Spring and Autumn Period]]. [[Chinese philosophy]] become the [[orthodoxy]] of [[China]]. [[Confucianism]], [[Legalism (Chinese philosophy)|Legalism]] and [[Moism]] flourish. [[Laozi]] founds [[Taoism]].
*[[Middle East]]: During the [[Achaemenid Empire|Persian empire]], [[Zoroaster]], aka [[Zarathustra]], founded [[Zoroastrianism]], a [[dualistic]] [[philosophy]]. This was also the time of the [[Babylonian captivity]] of the ancient Jews.
*[[Ancient India]]: The [[Gautama Buddha|Buddha]] and [[Mahavira]] found [[Buddhism]] and [[Jainism]].
*The decline of the [[Olmec]] civilization in [[South America|America]].

==Events==
[[Image:Solon.jpg|thumb|right|Solon, creator of the [[Solonian Constitution]] of Athens which incorporated the first elements of formalised civil democracy in world history.]]

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*Mid-6th century BC: Foundation of [[Temple of Olympian Zeus (Athens)]] is made.
*[[598 BC]]: [[Jehoiachin]] succeeds [[Jehoiakim]] as King of [[Kingdom of Judah|Judah]].
*[[March 16]], [[597 BC]]: [[Babylonia]]ns capture [[Jerusalem]], replace [[Jehoiachin]] with [[Zedekiah]] as king.
*[[595 BC]]: [[Psammetichus II]] succeeds [[Necho II]] as king of [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]].
*[[594 BC]]: [[Solon]] appointed [[archon]] of [[Athens]]; institutes [[democratic]] [[reforms]].
*[[590 BC]]: [[Egypt]]ian army sacks [[Napata]], compelling the [[Kingdom of Kush|Cush]]ite [[court]] to move to a more secure location at [[Meroe]] near the [[sixth Cataract]] <ref>{{cite web| title = History of the SUDAN| publisher =www.historyworld.net| date = 2007| url =http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=aa86 | accessdate =2007-08-03 }} </ref>.
*[[589 BC]]: [[Apries]] succeeds [[Psammetichus II]] as king of [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]].
*[[588 BC]]: [[Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon]] begins siege of [[Jerusalem]]; some sources set the date at [[587 BC]].
*587/[[586 BC]]: [[Jerusalem]] falls to the [[Babylonia]]ns, ending the [[Kingdom of Judah]]. The conquerors destroy the [[Solomon's Temple|Temple]] of [[Jerusalem]] and exile the land's remaining inhabitants. [[Babylonian Captivity]] for the Jews began.
*[[586 BC]]: reincarnation of [[King Ding of Zhou]], King of the [[Zhou Dynasty]] of [[China]].
*[[May 28]], [[585 BC]]: A [[solar eclipse]] occurs as predicted by [[Thales]], while [[Alyattes II]] is [[Battle of the Eclipse|battling]] [[Cyaxares]]. This leads to a truce. This is one of the [[cardinal date]]s from which other dates can be calculated.
*585/[[584 BC]]: [[Astyages]] succeeds [[Cyaxares]] as King of the [[Medes]].
*[[585 BC]]: [[King Jian of Zhou]] becomes King of the [[Zhou Dynasty]] of [[China]].
*[[582 BC]]: [[Pythian Games]] founded at [[Delphi]]. (traditional date)
*[[580 BC]]: [[Cambyses I of Anshan|Cambyses I]] succeeds [[Cyrus I of Anshan|Cyrus I]] as king of [[Anshan (Persia)|Anshan]] and head of the [[Achaemenid dynasty]]. (approximate date)
*580 BC: [[Isthmian Games]] founded at [[Corinth, Greece|Corinth]]. (traditional date)
*[[579 BC]]: [[Servius Tullius]] succeeds the assassinated [[Lucius Tarquinius Priscus]] as [[king of Rome]]. (traditional date)
*[[573 BC]]: [[Nemean Games]] founded at [[Nemea]]. (traditional date)
*[[572 BC]]: Death of [[King Jian of Zhou]], King of the [[Zhou Dynasty]] of [[China]].
*[[571 BC]]: [[King Ling of Zhou]] becomes King of the [[Zhou Dynasty]] of [[China]].
*[[570 BC]]: [[Amasis II]] succeeds [[Apries]] as king of [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]].
*[[568 BC]]: [[Amtalqa]] succeeds his brother [[Aspelta]] as king of [[Kingdom of Kush|Kush]].
*[[562 BC]]: [[Amel-Marduk]] succeeds [[Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon|Nebuchadnezzar]] as king of [[Babylon]].
*[[560 BC]]: [[Neriglissar]] succeeds [[Amel-Marduk]] as king of [[Babylon]].
*560/[[561 BC]]: [[Croesus]] becomes king of [[Lydia]].
*560 BC: [[Peisistratos (Athens)|Pisistratus]] seizes the [[Acropolis]] of [[Athens, Greece|Athens]] and declares himself [[tyrant]]. He is deposed in the same year.
*[[550s BC]]: [[Carthage]] conquers [[Sicily]], [[Sardinia]] and [[Corsica]].
*[[559 BC]]: King [[Cambyses I of Anshan]] dies and is succeeded by his son [[Cyrus the Great|Cyrus II the Great]].
*[[558 BC]]: [[Hegesias]] removed as [[Archons of Athens|Archon]] of [[Athens]].
*558 BC: The [[China|Chinese]] state of [[Jin (state)|Jin]] defeats its rival [[State of Qin|Qin]] in battle.
*[[556 BC]]: [[Peisistratos (Athens)|Pisistratus]] is exiled from [[Athens, Greece|Athens]] to [[Euboea]].
*556 BC: [[Labashi-Marduk]] succeeds [[Neriglissar]] as king of [[Babylon]].
*556/[[555 BC]]: [[Nabonidus]] succeeds [[Labashi-Marduk]] as king of [[Babylon]].
*[[550 BC]]: [[Abdera, Thrace|Abdera]] is destroyed by the [[Thrace|Thracians]].
*[[550 BC]]: [[Cyrus I of Anshan]] overthrows [[Astyages]] of the [[Medes]], establishing the [[Achaemenid Empire|Persian Empire]].
*[[550 BC]]: The [[Mumun Pottery Period|Late Mumun Period]] begins in the [[Korean peninsula]].
*[[547 BC]]: [[Croesus]], [[Lydia]]n [[monarch|king]], is defeated by [[Cyrus the Great|Cyrus]] of [[Achaemenid Empire|Persia]] near the [[River Halys]].
*[[546 BC]]: [[Cyrus the Great|Cyrus]] of [[Persia]] completes his conquest of [[Lydia]], and makes [[Pasargadae]] his [[Capital (political)|capital]].
*[[544 BC]]: People of [[Teos]] migrate to [[Abdera, Thrace]] to escape the yoke of [[Iran|Persia]].
*544 BC: [[King Jing of Zhou (Ji Gui)|King Jing of Zhou]] becomes King of the [[Zhou Dynasty]] of [[China]].
*[[543 BC]]: [[North Indian]] [[Prince]] [[Vijaya]] invades [[Ceylon]] and establishes a [[Sinhalese dynasty]]. {{Fact|date=October 2007}} 

*543 BC: [[Peisistratos (Athens)|Pisistratus]], tyrant of [[Athens]], purifies the island of [[Delos]] (approximate date). 
*[[540 BC]]: [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] city of [[Elea]] of [[southern Italy]] founded (approximate date).
*540 BC: [[Persians]] conquer [[Lycian]] city of [[Xanthos]] now in [[southern Turkey]] (approximate date).
*[[539 BC]]: [[Babylon]] is conquered by [[Cyrus the Great]], defeating [[Nabonidus]].
*c. [[538 BC]]: Return of some [[Jews]] from [[Babylonian]] exile who build the [[Second Temple]] about seventy years after the destruction of the [[First Temple]], from [[520 BC]]–[[516 BC]].
*[[537 BC]]: [[Jew]]s transported to [[Babylon]] are allowed to return to [[Jerusalem]], bringing to a close the [[Babylonian captivity]].
*[[536 BC]]: According to tradition, the [[Biblical]] [[prophet]] [[Daniel]] receives an angelic visitor. see [http://bible.gospelcom.net/cgi-bin/bible?passage=daniel+10%3A4&language=english&version=NLT Daniel 10:4]
*[[534 BC]]: [[Lucius Tarquinius Superbus]] becomes king of [[Rome]].
*[[534 BC]]: Competitions for [[tragedy]] are instituted at the [[City Dionysia]] [[festival]] in [[Athens]].
*[[530 BC]]: [[Cambyses II]] succeeds [[Cyrus the Great|Cyrus]] as King of [[Persia]].
*[[528 BC]]: [[Gautama Buddha]] attained [[Enlightenment (Buddhism)|Enlightenment]], and began his ministry. [[Gautama Buddha]] founds [[Buddhism]] in [[India]]. It becomes a major [[world religion]].
*[[526 BC]]: [[Psammetichus III]] succeeds [[Amasis II]] as king of [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]].
*[[525 BC]]: [[Cambyses II]], ruler of [[Iran|Persia]], conquers [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]], defeating [[Psammetichus III]]. This is considered the end of the [[Twenty-sixth dynasty of Egypt|Twenty-sixth Dynasty]], and the start of the [[Twenty-seventh dynasty of Egypt|Twenty-seventh Dynasty]].
*[[522 BC]]: [[Smerdis of Persia|Smerdis]] succeeds [[Cambyses II]] as ruler of [[Iran|Persia]].
*[[522 BC]]: [[Babylon]] rebels against [[Achaemenid Empire|Persian]] rule.
*[[521 BC]]: [[Darius I]] succeeds [[Smerdis]] as ruler of [[Iran|Persia]].
*521 BC: The [[Babylonian]] rebellion against [[Achaemenid Empire|Persian]] rule is suppressed.
*[[520 BC]]: [[King Dao of Zhou]] becomes King of the [[Zhou Dynasty]] of [[China]] but dies before the end of the year.
*520 BC: [[Cleomenes I]] succeeds [[Anaxandridas]] as king of [[Sparta]]. (approximate date).
*[[519 BC]]: [[King Jing of Zhou (Ji Gai)|King Jing of Zhou]] becomes [[Monarch|King]] of the [[Zhou Dynasty]] of [[China]].
*[[516 BC]]: [[Indian subcontinent]]—Occupation of [[Punjab region|Punjab]] is completed by the [[Achaemenid Empire|Persian]] [[Monarch|King]] [[Gustasp]].
*[[March 12]], [[515 BC]]: Construction is completed on the [[Temple in Jerusalem]].   
*[[514 BC]]: [[King Helü of Wu]] establishes "[[Great City of Helu]]", the ancient name for [[Suzhou]], as his [[Capital (political)|capital]] in [[China]]. 
*[[513 BC]]: [[Darius I of Persia|Darius the Great]] subdues the [[Dacia|Getae]] and east [[Thrace]] in his war against the [[Scythians]].
*[[510 BC]]: [[Hippias (son of Pisistratus)|Hippias]], son of [[Peisistratos (Athens)|Pisistratus]] and [[tyrant]] of [[Athens]], is expelled  by a popular revolt supported by [[Cleomenes I]], [[monarch|King]] of [[Sparta]] and his forces. 
*[[510 BC]]: End of reign of [[Lucius Tarquinius Superbus]], last king of the traditional seven [[Kings of Rome]].
*[[510 BC]]: Establishment of the [[Roman Republic]].
*[[510 BC]]: [[Demaratus]] succeeds [[Ariston (king of Sparta)|Ariston]] as [[Kings of Sparta|king of Sparta]]. (approximate date)
*[[September 13]], [[509 BC]]: The [[temple]] of [[Jupiter (mythology)|Jupiter]] on [[Rome's Capitoline Hill]] is dedicated on the [[ides of September]].
*[[508 BC]]: Office of ''[[pontifex maximus]]'' created in [[Rome]].
*[[507 BC]]: [[Cleisthenes]], [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[reformer]], takes power and increases [[democracy]].
*[[506 BC]]: [[Battle of Bai ju]]: Forces of the [[Kingdom of Wu]] under [[Sun Tzu]] defeat the forces of [[Chu (state)|Chu]].
*[[505 BC]]: First pair of [[Roman Republic|Roman]] [[consul]]s elected.
*[[December 4]], [[502 BC]]: [[Solar eclipse]] darkens [[Egypt]]. (computed, no clear historical record of observation)
*[[502 BC]]: The [[Latin League]] defeats the [[Etruscan civilization|Etruscan]]s under [[Lars Porsena]] at [[Aricia]].
*502 BC: [[Naxos, Greece|Naxos]] rebels against [[Iran|Persia]]n domination sparking the [[Ionian Revolt]].
*[[501 BC]]: [[Cleisthenes]] reforms [[democracy]] in [[Athens]].
*501 BC: [[Naxos Island|Naxos]] is attacked by the [[Achaemenid Empire|Persian Empire]].
*501 BC: In response to threats by the [[Sabines]], [[ancient Rome|Rome]] creates the office of [[Roman dictator|dictator]].
*501 BC: [[Confucius]] is appointed governor of [[Chung-tu]].
*501 BC: [[Gadir]] (present-day [[Cádiz]]) is captured by [[Carthage]]. (approximate date)
*[[500 BC]]: [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]-speaking people migrate into south-west [[Uganda]] from the [[west]]. (approximate date)
*500 BC: [[Refugee]]s from [[Teos]] resettle [[Abdera, Thrace|Abdera]].
*500 BC: [[Darius I]] of [[Iran|Persia]] proclaims that [[Aramaic language|Aramaic]] be the [[official language]] of the western half of his empire.
*500 BC: Signifies the end of the [[Nordic Bronze Age]] civilization in [[Oscar Montelius]] periodization system and begins the [[Pre-Roman Iron Age]].
*500 BC: Foundation of first [[republic]] in [[Vaishali]] [[Bihar]] [[India]]. *[[Persians]] begin to seize power.
*[[History of Persia|Persians]] dominate [[eastern Mediterranean]].
*The [[Iran|Persians]] under [[Darius I]] and later [[Cyrus]] invade [[Transoxiana]].
*[[Carthage]]'s [[merchant]]

==Significant persons==
[[Image:Anaximenes.jpg|thumb|150px|Anaximenes]]
*[[Mahavira]] of [[Vaishali]], the 24th [[Tirthankara]] of [[Jainism]], ([[599 BC]]–[[527 BC]])
*[[580s BC]]—[[Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon|Nebuchadnezzar II]], king of [[Babylon]]
*[[Anaximenes of Miletus]], [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[philosopher]] ([[585 BC]]–[[525 BC]])
*[[Pythagoras]] of [[Samos Island|Samos]], Greek mathematician and discoverer of the [[Pythagorean theorem]] (c. [[580 BC]]– c. [[500 BC]])
*[[580 BC]]—Death of [[Cyrus I of Anshan]] (approximate date)
*[[Cyrus the Great]], king of [[Iran|Persia]] ([[576 BC]]–July, [[529 BC]], reigned [[559 BC]]–July, [[529 BC]])
*[[Ezra]] and [[Nehemiah]], leaders of the [[Jew]]s returning from the [[Babylonian Exile]]
*May, [[563 BC]]—Birth of [[Siddhartha Gautama]], later known as [[Gautama Buddha]] in [[Lumbini]], [[Nepal]] (d. May, [[483 BC]]
*[[563 BC]]—[[Queen Maya]], mother of [[Siddhartha Gautama]], dies seven days after giving birth
*c. [[562 BC]]—Death of [[Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon|Nebuchadnezzar]], king of [[Babylon]]
*[[Peisistratos (Athens)|Pisistratus]], Tyrant of [[Athens]] in [[561 BC]], [[559 BC]]–[[556 BC]] and [[546 BC]]–[[528 BC]] (d. [[527 BC]])
*[[Solon]] of [[Athens]], one of the [[Seven Sages of Greece]] ([[630s BC|638 BC]]–[[558 BC]])
*c. [[556 BC]]—Birth of [[Simonides of Ceos]]
*[[553 BC]]—[[Emperor]] [[Itoku]] in Japan appeared
*[[Stesichorus]] of [[Sicily]], [[Lyric poetry|lyric]] [[poet]] (c. [[640s BC|640 BC]]–[[555 BC]])
*c. [[551 BC]]—Death of [[Zoroaster]]
*[[Confucius]], founding figure of [[Confucianism]] ([[551 BC]]–[[479 BC]])
*[[Thales]], Greek mathematician ([[630s BC|635 BC]]–[[543 BC]]), predicts solar eclipse in [[585 BC]]
*[[Darius I of Persia|Darius I]], [[History of Persia|King of Persia]] (born [[549 BC]]; reigned [[521 BC|521]]–[[485 BC]])
*[[547 BC]]—Death of [[Croesus]]
*[[546 BC]]—Death of [[Anaximander]], [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[philosopher]] (approximate date).
*[[545 BC]]—Death of [[King Ling of Zhou]], King of the [[Zhou Dynasty]] of [[China]].
*[[Sun Tzu]], author of ''[[The Art of War]]'' (c. [[544 BC]]–[[496 BC]])
*[[543 BC]]((To be verified))—Death of [[Gautama Buddha]] (traditionally in [[Thailand]] and elsewhere—basis of the [[Thai solar calendar]]).
*c. [[540 BC]]—[[Amyntas I of Macedon|Amyntas I]] becomes king of [[Macedon]]ia.
*[[539 BC]]/[[538 BC]]—Death of [[Nabonidus]], the last King of [[Babylon]]
*c. [[535 BC]]—Birth of [[Heraclitus]] of [[Ephesus]], [[Hellenic civilisation|Greek]] [[philosopher]]
*c. [[531 BC]]—Death of [[Laozi]], founder of [[Taoism]]
*[[Aeschylus]], [[author]] of [[Greek tragedy|Greek tragedies]], ([[525 BC]]–[[456 BC]])
*[[525 BC]]—Death of [[Psammetichus III]], the last [[Pharaoh]] of the [[Twenty-sixth dynasty of Egypt|Twenty-sixth Dynasty]] of [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]]
*[[522 BC]]—Birth of [[Pindar]], [[Hellenic Greece|Greek]] [[poet]]
*March, [[521 BC]]—Death of [[Cambyses II]], ruler of ancient [[Achaemenid Empire|Persia]] (suicide)
*October, [[521 BC]]—Death of [[Smerdis of Persia|Smerdis]], ruler of ancient [[Achaemenid Empire|Persia]]
*c. [[519 BC]]—Birth of [[Xerxes I]] of [[Persia]]
*[[Epimenides]] of [[Knossos]], a famous [[Crete|Cretian]] [[prophet|seer]] and [[philosopher]]-[[Poetry|poet]], associated with the [[Epimenides paradox]]
*[[Lehi (Book of Mormon)|Lehi]], legendary figure, first prophet recorded in the [[Book of Mormon]]
*[[Thespis]], founder of Greek theatre.

==Inventions, discoveries, introductions==
* First [[archaeological]] surveys of the [[Arabian peninsula]] by [[Babylonian]] king [[Nabonidus]].
* [[Sunshu Ao]] (孫叔敖), China's first [[hydraulic]] engineer, creates an enormous artificial [[reservoir]] by damming a river for a massive [[irrigation]] project while employed in the service of [[King Zhuang of Chu]] (d. 591 BC).
* [[Lost-wax casting]] is spread to [[Ancient Greece]].

==References==
{{Reflist}}
The invention of Chess in India

==Decades and years==
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