540s 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 |
| Years: | 543 BC 542 BC 541 BC - 540 BC - 539 BC 538 BC 537 BC |
[edit] Events and trends
- 546 BC - Croesus, Lydian king, is defeated by Cyrus of Persia near the River Halys.
- 546 BC - Cyrus of Persia completes his conquest of Lydia, and makes Pasargadae his capital.
- 546 BC - Cyrus the Great istablishes a garrison in Sardis and incorporates the Greek cities of Ionia in Asia Minor into Persian Empire. Thus he gains the important ports that look out to the Mediterranean world.
- 544 BC - People of Teos migrate to Abdera, Thrace to escape the yoke of Persia.
- 544 BC - Zhou Jing Wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
- 543 BC - North Indian Prince Vijaya invades Ceylon and establishes a Sri Lankan dynasty.
- 543 BC - Pisistratus, tyrant of Athens, purifies the island of Delos (approximate date).
- 540 BC - Greek city of Elea of southern Italy founded (approximate date).
- 540 BC - Persians conquer Lycian city of Xanthos now in southern Turkey (approximate date).
- c. 540 BC - Amasis Painter makes Dionysos with maenads, black-figure decoration on an amphora. It is now at Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris.
- c. 540 BC - Exekias makes The suicide of Ajax, black-figure decoration on a hydria. It is now at Chateau-Musee, Boulogne-sur-Mer, France.
- c. 543 BC - Buddha attained gets freedom form this world of pain and misery through the Eight Fold Path
[edit] Significant people
- 549 BC - Birth of Darius I.
- 547 BC - Death of Croesus.
- 546 BC - Death of Anaximander, Greek philosopher (approximate date).
- 545 BC - Death of Zhou ling wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
- 544 BC - Birth of Sun Tzu.
- 543 BC - Death of Gautama Buddha (traditional in Thailand and elsewhere - basis of the Thai solar calendar).
- 543 BC - Death of Thales, Greek philosopher.
- 540 BC - Amyntas I becomes king of Macedonia (approximate date).
- Amasis Painter, Greek painter.
- Exekias, Greek painter.
