580s BC Totally Explained

Everything about 588 Bc totally explained

==Events and trends==

589 BC — Apries succeeds Psammetichus II as king of Egypt.
588 BC — Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon begins siege of Jerusalem; the opera Nabucco sets the date at 587 BC.
587 BC — Jerusalem falls to the Babylonians, ending the Kingdom of Judah. The conquerors destroy the Jewish Temple of Jerusalem and exile some of the land's inhabitants. (Some believe that this took place in 607 B.C., citing the Bible as their source.)
586 BC — Death of Zhou ding wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
May 28, 585 BC — A solar eclipse occurs as predicted by Thales, while Alyattes II is battling Cyaxares. This leads to a truce. This is one of the cardinal dates from which other dates can be calculated.
585/584 BC — Astyages succeeds Cyaxares as King of the Medes.
585 BC — Zhou jian wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
585 BC — Fall of the Kingdom of Urartu following a Median invasion.
582 BC — Pythian Games founded at Delphi. (traditional date)
580 BC — Cambyses I succeeds Cyrus I as king of Anshan and head of the Achaemenid dynasty. (approximate date)
580 BC — Isthmian Games founded at Corinth. (traditional date)
c. 580 BC — Gorgon Medusa, detail of sculpture from the west pediment of the Temple of Artemis, Korkyra, is made. It is now at Archaeological Museum, Korkyra (Corfu).
c. 580 BC — Standing Youth (Kouros) is made. It is now at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Significant people

Nebuchadnezzar II, King of Babylon

585 BC — Birth of Anaximenes of Miletus, Greek philosopher (d. 525 BC)

585 BC — Death of Emperor Jimmu of Japan

582 BC — Birth of Pythagoras in Samos, Greek philosopher and mathematician (d. 496 BC)

580 BC — Death of Cyrus I of Anshan (approximate date)Further Information

Get more info on '588 Bc'.

External Link Exchanges

Do you know how hard it is to get a link from a large encyclopaedia? Well we're different and will prove it. To get a link from us just add the following HTML to your site on a relevant page:

<a href="http://580s_bc.totallyexplained.com">580s BC Totally Explained</a>

Then simply click through this link from your web page. Our crawlers will verify your link, extract the title of your web page and instantly add a link back to it. If you like you can remove the words Totally Explained and embed the link in article text.
As long as your link remains in place, we'll keep our link to you right here. Please play fair - our crawlers are watching. Your site must be closely related to this one's topic. Any kind of spamming, dubious practises or removing the link will result in your link from us being dropped and, potentially, your whole site being banned.