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Centuries
:
7th century BC
-
6th century BC
-
5th century BC
Decades
:
600s BC
-
590s BC
-
580s BC
-
570s BC
-
560s BC
-
550s BC
-
540s BC
-
530s BC
-
520s BC
-
510s BC
-
500s BC
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550s BC
Events and trends
Significant people
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Events and trends
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
removed as
Archon
of
Athens
.
558 BC - The
Chinese
state of
Jin
defeats its rival
Qin
in battle.
556 BC
-
Pisistratus
is exiled from
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
is destroyed by the
Thracians
.
550 BC -
Cyrus I of Anshan
overthrows
Astyages
of the
Medes
, establishing the
Persian Empire
.
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Significant people
558 BCE
- Death of
Solon
,
Athenian
statesman
.
556 BCE
- Birth of
Simonides of Ceos
(approximate date)
555 BCE
- Death of
Stesichorus
,
Greek
lyric
poet
.
551 BCE
- Birth of
Confucius
,
philosopher
.
550 BCE
- Birth of
Epicharmus
,
Greek
poet
(d.
460 BC
).
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