520s BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	7th century BC – 6th century BC – 5th century BC
Decades:	550s BC 540s BC 530s BC – 520s BC – 510s BC 500s BC 490s BC
Years:	529 BC 528 BC 527 BC 526 BC 525 BC 524 BC 523 BC 522 BC 521 BC 520 BC
Categories:	Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments

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.
527 BC—Pisistratus a tyrant of Athens dies: his son Hippias inherits his power.
526 BC—Psammetichus III succeeds Amasis II as king of Egypt.
526 BC—King Liao of Wu ascends to power in the State of Wu in China during the Zhou Dynasty.
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.
522 BC—Bardiya succeeds Cambyses II as ruler of Persia.
522 BC—Babylon rebels against Persian rule.
522 BC—Darius I succeeds Bardiya 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.
c. 520 BC—Sarcophagus, from Cerveteri is made. It is now kept at Museo Nazionale di Villa Giulia, Rome (approximate date).
520 BC–510 BC—The Priam Painter makes Women at a fountain house, black-figure decoration on a hydria. It is now at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.