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7th century BC - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1474 words) |
 | Hezekiah of the Kingdom of Judah (reigned 715 - 687 BC). |
| Josiah of the Kingdom of Judah (reigned 641 BC - 609 BC). |
| Solon of Athens, one of the Seven Sages of Greece (638 BC - 558 BC). |
| Greek Art and Architecture - MSN Encarta (1374 words) |
| The ancient Greeks, however, always credited the invention of this right-angled plan to a mid-5th century Ionian architect, Hippodamus of Miletus, who planned new cities for Piraeus, which was a port near Athens, and the Athenian colony of Thurii in Italy. |
| Around 350 bc, for example, the people of Priene moved from an old, haphazardly laid-out town to a new, more regular one, even though the sloping ground on which it was built made right angles awkward. |
| Around 650 bc the Daedalic style was used for the first large-scale stone statues in Greece, which show the influence of Egyptian statuary. |
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