550s BC
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Centuries: 7th century BC - 6th century BC - 5th century BC
Decades: 600s BC - 590s BC - 580s BC - 570s BC - 560s BC - 550s BC - 540s BC - 530s BC - 520s BC - 510s BC - 500s BC
Events and trends
- Carthage conquers Sicily, Sardinia and Corsica.
- 559 BC - King Cambyses I of Anshan dies and is succeeded by his son Cyrus II the Great.
- 558 BC - Hegesias removed as Archon of Athens.
- 558 BC - The Chinese state of Jin defeats its rival Qin in battle.
- 556 BC - Pisistratus is exiled from Athens to Euboea.
- 556 BC - Labashi-Marduk succeeds Neriglissar as king of Babylon.
- 556/555 BC - Nabonidus succeeds Labashi-Marduk as king of Babylon.
- 550 BC - Abdera is destroyed by the Thracians.
- 550 BC - Cyrus I of Anshan overthrows Astyages of the Medes, establishing the Persian Empire.
Significant people
- 558 BC - Death of Solon, Athenian statesman.
- 556 BC - Birth of Simonides of Ceos (approximate date)
- 555 BC - Death of Stesichorus, Greek lyric poet.
- 551 BC - Birth of Confucius, philosopher.
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