World Highlights in history 500 ~ 600 BC

Highlights in history 500 ~ 600 BC

Europe : Solon reforms laws of Athens 595
Sparta under Cleomenes the leading Greek city c. 510
Rome a republic: last Etruscan king expelled 510
Cleisthenes: democratic reforms in Athens 509
Aesop: Fables c. 600
First stone temple in Greece, at Kerkyra (Corfu) c. 580
Athens black-figure pottery c. 580; red figure c.520
Temple of Artemis at Ephesus c. 560

Asia : Taoism in China 600
Nebuchadnezzar destroys Jerusalem 586
Confucius born 551 (-479)
Persian Empire founded by Cyrus II 550
Persians destroy Babylonian Empire 539
Birth of Buddhism 528
Darius I rules Persian Empire 522 (-486)
Brahmanas, commentaries on the Vedas 600
Sutras, rules for Vedic life, formulated c. 600

Americas : Adena culture in N. America builds earthworks c. 600
Olmec centre of La Venta abandoned c. 600
Tres Zapotes, new Olmec centre c. 550

Africa : Nubian capital moved to Meroë c. 600
First treaty between Rome and Carthage 510

Confucius in China, and the Buddha in India, found a new philosophy and a new faith