Centuries: 7th century BC - 6th century BC - 5th century BC These pages contain the trends of millennia and centuries. ... (8th century BC - 7th century BC - 6th century BC - other centuries) (700s BC - 690s BC - 680s BC - 670s BC - 660s BC - 650s BC - 640s BC - 630s BC - 620s BC - 610s BC - 600s BC - other decades) (2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium AD) Events Scythians arrived in Asia Collapse... (7th century BC - 6th century BCE - 5th century BCE - other centuries) (600s BCE - 590s BCE - 580s BCE - 570s BCE - 560s BCE - 550s BCE - 540s BCE - 530s BCE - 520s BCE - 510s BCE - 500s BCE - other decades) (2nd millennium BCE - 1st millennium BCE - 1st millennium) The 5th and 6th centuries BCE were... (6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC - other centuries) (2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium AD) The 5th and 6th centuries BC are a period of philosophical brilliance among advanced civilizations. ...

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Events and trends

• 547 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.
• 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 Sinhalese 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).

Croesus Croesus (pronounced CREE-sus, IPA , the Latin transliteration of the Greek Κροίσος, in Persian قارون Qârun), who was legendary for his enormous wealth, was king of Lydia from 560/561 BC until his defeat by the Persians in about 547 BC. Born in 626 BCE, he was the son of... Lydia (disambiguation) Lydia is a historic region of western Anatolia, congruent with Turkeys modern provinces of Ä°zmir and Manisa. ... Look up monarch in Wiktionary, the free dictionary A monarch (see sovereign) is a type of ruler or head of state. ... Common misspelling of Cyprus. ... The Persian Empire refers to lands ruled by a number of Persian dynasties. ... Lydia (disambiguation) Lydia is a historic region of western Anatolia, congruent with Turkeys modern provinces of Ä°zmir and Manisa. ... Tomb of Cyrus II Reconstruction of the Tomb of Cyrus II Pasargadae was a city in ancient Persia, and is today an archeological site. ... Teos (or Teo), a maritime city of Ionia, on a peninsula between Chytrium and Myonnesus. ... Abdera, was a town on the coast of Thrace near the mouth of the Nestos, and almost opposite Thasos. ... Motto: Independence, freedom, the Islamic Republic (Persian: Esteqlāl, āzādÄ«, jomhÅ«rÄ«-ye eslāmÄ«) Anthem: SorÅ«d-e MellÄ«-e Īrān Capital Tehran Largest city Tehran Official language(s) Persian Government Supreme Leader President Islamic republic Ali Khamenei Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Revolution Declared Against Reza Pahlavi February 11... King Jing of Zhou, ch. ... The Zhou Dynasty (周朝; Wade-Giles: Chou Dynasty (also Chow or Jou)) (late 10th century BC or 9th century BC to 256 BC) followed the Shang (Yin) Dynasty and preceded the Qin Dynasty in China. ... There is a story about Vijaya and his men landing on the shores of Sri-Lanka. ... Pisistratus Peisistratos is the name of a major Athenian ruler, as well as a minor character in the Odyssey. ... Athens (Greek: Αθήνα Athína IPA ) is the capital of Greece and one of the most famous cities in the world. ... The island of Delos (Greek: Δήλος, Dhilos), isolated in the centre of the roughly circular ring of islands called the Cyclades, near Mykonos, had a position as a holy sanctuary for a millennium before Olympian Greek mythology made it the birthplace of Apollo and Artemis. ... Elea (Velia by the Romans; see also List of traditional Greek place names) was a Greek coastal city founded around 540 BC in Lucania in southern Italy, 15 miles southeast of the Gulf of Salerno. ... The word Lycian can mean: The Lycian language From or related to Lycia This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... In Greek mythology, Xanthos (yellow) was an alternate spelling for Xanthus. ...

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.
• 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)