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Timeline 600 - 500 BC
Biblical History Timeline
Near East Egypt Persia Europe Greece Rome India Far East
B.C.
600 The Etruscans establish cities stretching from northern to central Italy.
600 At some unknown time the Persian people migrate from Russia (central Asia)
to s. Iran
600 The Greeks establish city-states along the southern coast of Italy and the
island of Sicily.
600 Etruscan kings rule over Rome
600 Last Greek monarchies at Argos, Sparta, and Thera
600 Earliest known use of iron in China
594 Athen's laws reformed by Solon, the only Archon of Athens
587 Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylonia captures Jerusalem
587 Judah becomes a province of Babylonia
586 Exile of the Jews to Babylon
586 Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylonia conquers Phoenicia
582 Birth of Pythagoras, Greek philosopher and mathematician
581 Nebuchadnezzar II burns Jerusalem
580 Nebuchadnezzar II builds the hanging gardens of Babylon
566 Birth of Prince Siddhartha Gautama who later became known as the Buddha
560 Croesus of Lydia subjugates Greek Ionian colonies
551 Birth of Confucius (K'ung Fu-tzu, the Chinese philosopher
550 Lao-tse founds Taoism in China
559 Cyrus the Great of Parsa rebels against the Medes and founds the Persian
empire
550 Persia conquers the Medes
547 Persians conquers Lydia, the battle of Sardis, and move through Asia Minor
543 Bimbisara expands his territories and introduces new administration and
tax collection
540 Vardhamana (Mahavira Jina) the ascetic founds Jainism
540 Peistratus the tyrant takes control of Athens
539 Greeks defeat the Carthaginians
539 Cyrus the Great of Persia conquers Babylonia absorbing Babylon into the
Persian empire
539 Cyrus the Great of Persia allows the Jews to return to Judah, now a
Persian province
539 Cyrus the Great absorbs Phoenicia into the Persian Empire
539 Fables of Aesop
534 Tarquinius Superbus (the proud), becomes the last king of Rome
533 Gandhara becomes a Satrap to the Achaemenid Empire of Persia
530 Cyrus conquers all of Asia Minor
530 Cyrus dies in battle
530 Cambyses (son of Cyrus) becomes ruler of Persia
525 Egypt conquered by the Persians
525 Persian empire extends from India to Asia Minor
522 Darius I puts down a rebellion in Persia and becomes king
521 Darius I divides the Empire into 20 provinces (satrapies)
520 The temple in Jerusalem building projects resumed
519 Birth of Xerxes, future king of Persia
519 Pythagoras a Greek philosopher (so called demigod) introduces the octave
in music
510 Reforms are introduced in Athens by Cleisthenes and introduces Democracy in Athens
509 Tarquinius Superbus, the last Etruscan king, is cast out of Rome
509 Birth of the Roman Republic, Etruscan rule ends
509 Nebuchadnezzar II builds the Hanging Gardens
509 Many wars with Rome and other inhabitants of Italy (the Etruscans and the
Greeks).
508 Lars Porsena, Etruscan ruler, attacks Rome who holds her ground at the
Tiber bridge
507 Spartans attempt to restore the Aristocracy in Athens but Cleisthenes is
given power
500 Germanic peoples of northern Europe expand their territories
The History of Rome - Part One 743 - 136 B.C. © Bible History Online (http://www.bible-history.com)
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