- 580s BC
Events and trends
* 589 BC —
Apries succeedsPsammetichus II as king of Egypt.
* 588 BC —Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon begins siege ofJerusalem ; theopera "Nabucco " sets the date at587 BC .
* 587 BC —Jerusalem falls to theBabylonia ns, ending theKingdom of Judah . The conquerors destroy the Jewish Temple ofJerusalem 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 ofZhou ding wang , King of theZhou Dynasty ofChina .
*28 May 585 BC — Asolar eclipse occurs as predicted byThales , whileAlyattes II is battlingCyaxares . This leads to a truce. This is one of thecardinal date s from which other dates can be calculated.
* 585/584 BC —Astyages succeedsCyaxares as King of theMedes .
* 585 BC —Zhou jian wang becomes King of theZhou Dynasty ofChina .
* 585 BC — Fall of theKingdom of Urartu following a Median invasion.
* 582 BC —Pythian Games reorganised atDelphi . (This is the traditional date.)
* 581 BC —Isthmian Games founded at Corinth.
* 580 BC — Cambyses I succeeds Cyrus I as king of Anshan and head of theAchaemenid dynasty . (approximate date)
* c. 580 BC — Gorgon Medusa, detail of sculpture from the west pediment of the Temple of Artemis,Korkyra , is made. It is now atArchaeological Museum ,Korkyra (Corfu ).
*c. 580 BC — Standing Youth (Kouros ) is made. It is now at TheMetropolitan Museum of Art ,New York .ignificant people
* Nebuchadnezzar II, King of
Babylon
* 585 BC — Birth ofAnaximenes of Miletus , Greekphilosopher (d. 525 BC)
* 585 BC — Death ofEmperor Jimmu ofJapan
* 582 BC — Birth ofPythagoras in Samos, Greekphilosopher andmathematician (d.496 BC )
* 580 BC — Death ofCyrus I of Anshan (approximate date)
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