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550s BC
Events and trends
- Carthage conquers Sicily, Sardinia and Corsica.
- 559 BC—King Cambyses I of Anshan dies and is succeeded by his son Cyrus the Great|Cyrus II the Great.
- 558 BC—Hegesias is removed as Archons of Athens|Archon of Athens.
- 558 BC—The China|Chinese state of Jin (state)|Jin defeats its rival State of Qin|Qin in battle.
- 556 BC—Peisistratos (Athens)|Pisistratus is exiled from Athens, Greece|Athens to Euboea.
- 556 BC—Labashi-Marduk succeeds Neriglissar as king of Babylon.
- 556 BC/555 BC—Nabonidus succeeds Labashi-Marduk as king of Babylon.
- c. 550 BC—Colonisation of Greeks ends.
- 550 BC—Abdera, Thrace|Abdera is destroyed by the Thrace|Thracians.
- 550 BC—The Temple of Artemis completed in Ephesus.
- 550 BC—Cyrus II the Great overthrows Astyages of the Medes, establishing the Achaemenid Empire|Persian Empire.
- c. 550 BC—Temple of Hera I, Paestum, Italy, is built.
- 550 BC—Siddhartha Gautama founded Buddhism in Northern India after achieving Enlightenment in Buddhism|enlightenment after six years of practicing penance and meditation.
Significant people
- 556 BC – Rule of Labashi-Marduk as king of Babylon
- 558 BC—Death of Solon, Athens|Athenian.
- c. 556 BC—Birth of Simonides of Ceos.
- 555 BC—Death of Stesichorus, Ancient Greece|Greek Lyric poetry|lyric poet.
- c. 551 BC—Death of Zoroaster, Iranian prophet (traditional date).
- September 28, 551 BC—Birth of Confucius, philosopher (traditional date).
- 550 BC—Birth of Epicharmus, Greek literature|Greek poet (d. 460 BC).
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