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Decade
This article concerns the period 529 BC – 520 BC.
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529 BC—The Chinese state of
Zhoulai is conquered by
Wu.
-
528 BC—
Gautama Buddha attains
Enlightenment, and begins his ministry.
- 527 BC -
Jain
Tirthankara
Mahavira attains
Moksha, according to the
Swetambara Tradition.
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527 BC—
Peisistratos a
tyrant of
Athens dies: his son
Hippias inherits his power.
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526 BC—
Psammetichus III succeeds
Amasis II as king of
Egypt.
-
526 BC—
King Liao of Wu ascends to power in the
State of Wu in
China during the
Zhou Dynasty.
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525 BC—
Cambyses II, ruler of
Persia, conquers
Egypt, defeating
Psammetichus III. This is considered the end of the
Twenty-sixth Dynasty, and the start of the Persian
Twenty-seventh Dynasty.
- c. 525 BC—
Coins start to have an image on two sides.
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522 BC—
Bardiya succeeds
Cambyses II as ruler of
Persia.
-
522 BC—
Babylon rebels against
Persian rule.
-
522 BC—
Darius I succeeds
Bardiya as ruler of
Persia. He is the son of a government official.
- 521 BC—The
Babylonian rebellion against
Persian rule is suppressed.
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520 BC—
Dao becomes King of the
Zhou dynasty of
China but dies before the end of the year.
- 520 BC—
Cleomenes I succeeds
Anaxandridas as king of
Sparta (approximate date).
- c. 520 BC—
Darius I decrees that work on Jerusalem resume as per the decree of
Cyrus the Great.
- c. 520 BC—Kore, from
Chios(?), is made. It is now at
Acropolis Museum,
Athens.
- c. 520 BC—
Sarcophagus, from
Cerveteri is made. It is now at
National Etruscan Museum,
Rome (approximate date).
- 520 BC–
510 BC—The Priam Painter makes "Women at a Fountain House", black-figure decoration on a
hydria. It is now at
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.