520s BC
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Centuries: 7th century BC - 6th century BC - 5th century BC
Decades: 570s BC - 560s BC - 550s BC - 540s BC - 530s BC - 520s BC - 510s BC - 500s BC - 490s BC - 480s BC - 470s BC
[edit] Events
- 529 BC - Cambyses II started to rule. He is son of Cyrus II. He conquered Egypt and Cyprus.
- 528 BC - Gautama Buddha attained Enlightenment, and began his ministry.
- 526 BC - Psammetichus III succeeds Amasis II as king of Egypt.
- 525 BC - Cambyses II, ruler of Persia, conquers Egypt, defeating Psammetichus III. This is considered the end of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty, and the start of the Twenty-seventh Dynasty.
- c. 525 BC - Coins started to have an image on two sides.
- c. 525 BC - Kroisos(?), from a cemetery at Anavysos, near Athens is made. It is now at National Archeological Museum, Athens.
- 522 BC - Smerdis succeeds Cambyses II as ruler of Persia.
- 522 BC - Babylon rebels against Persian rule.
- 521 BC - Darius I succeeds Smerdis as ruler of Persia. He is son of a government official.
- 521 BC - The Babylonian rebellion against Persian rule is suppressed.
- 520 BC - Zhou dao wang 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).
- c. 520 BC - Kore, from Chios(?), is made. It is now at Acropolis Museum, Athens.
[edit] Births
- 525 BC - Aeschylus, author of Greek tragedies (d. 456 BC).
- 522 BC - Pindar, Greek poet.
- 520 BC - Panini, Hindu Indian grammarian (d. 460 BC).
[edit] Deaths
- July, 529 BC - Cyrus the Great, ruler of ancient Persia
- 527 BC - Mahavira, major Jain reformist (b. 599 BC).
- 527 BC - Peisistratus, Athenian general.
- 525 BC - Anaximenes of Miletus, Greek philosopher (born 585 BC).
- 525 BC - Psammetichus III, the last Pharaoh of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt.
- March, 521 BC - Cambyses II, ruler of ancient Persia (suicide).
- October, 521 BC - Smerdis, ruler of ancient Persia.
