590s BC

590s BC

Events and trends

* 599 BC — Vardhamana Mahavira, last Tirthankar of Jainism is born.
* 598 BCJehoiachin succeeds Jehoiakim as King of Judah.
* March 16, 597 BCBabylonians capture Jerusalem following a siege, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king.
* 595 BCPsammetichus II succeeds Necho II as king of Egypt.
* 595 BC — in Zhou Dynasty China, the State of Jin was defeated by the State of Chu in the Battle of Bi.
* 594 BC — The leaders of Athens, facing an economic crisis and popular discontent, appointed the poet-statesman Solon archon to institute democratic reforms and revive the city's constitution, extending citizenship to males of many classes.
* 593 BC — Exile of Sappho and Alcaeus (Alkaios) of Mytilene in Sicily.
* 592 BC — An Egyptian army sacks Napata, compelling the Cushite court to move to a more secure location at Meroe near the sixth cataract of the Nile. (Early history of Sudan)

ignificant people

Births

* Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankara of Jainism,(599–527)


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