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550s BC
This article concerns the period
559 BCâÂÂ550 BC
.
Events and trends
Carthage
conquers
Sicily
,
Sardinia
, and
Corsica
.
559 BC
âÂÂKing
Cambyses I of Anshan
dies and is succeeded by his son
Cyrus II the Great
.
558 BC
âÂÂ
Hegesias
is removed as
Archon
of
Athens
.
558 BCâÂÂThe
Chinese
state of
Jin
defeats its rival state of
Qin
in battle.
557 BC
âÂÂThe
Persians
besiege Larissa (
Calah
) but fail to capture it until a
solar eclipse
occurs.
556 BC
âÂÂ
Pisistratus
is exiled from
Athens
to
Euboea
.
556 BCâÂÂ
Labashi-Marduk
succeeds
Neriglissar
as king of
Babylon
.
556 BCâÂÂ
Nabonidus
succeeds Labashi-Marduk as king of Babylon.
c.
550 BC
âÂÂColonisation of
Greeks
ends.
550 BCâÂÂ
Abdera
is destroyed by the
Thracians
.
550 BCâÂÂ
Mago I
begins his rule of
Carthage
.
550 BCâÂÂThe
Temple of Artemis
is completed in
Ephesus
.
553-550 BCâÂÂ
Medo-Persian conflict
, the Persian king
Cyrus II
overthrows the Median king
Astyages
, establishing the
First Persian Empire
.
c. 550 BCâÂÂThe Temple of Hera I is built in what is now
Paestum
,
Italy
.
550 BCâÂÂ
Siddhartha Gautama
founds
Buddhism
in
Northern India
after achieving
enlightenment
after six years of practicing
penance
and
meditation
.
Significant people
556 BC
âÂÂRule of
Labashi-Marduk
as king of
Babylon
556 BC
âÂÂRule of
Nabonidus
as king of Babylon
558 BC
âÂÂDeath of
Solon
,
Athenian
statesman
,
poet
.
c.
556 BC
âÂÂBirth of
Simonides of Ceos
.
555 BC
âÂÂDeath of
Stesichorus
,
Greek
lyric
poet
.
September 28, 551 BCâÂÂBirth of
Confucius
, Chinese
philosopher
(traditional date).
c.
551 BC
âÂÂCommonly accepted date of death of
Zoroaster
, founder of
Zoroastrianism
.
550 BC
âÂÂBirth of
Epicharmus
,
Greek
poet
(d.
460 BC
).
References