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Events

528 BC - Gautama Buddha attained Enlightenment , and began his ministry.

526 BC - Psammetichus III succeeds Amasis II as king of Egypt .

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 Twenty-seventh Dynasty .

522 BC - Smerdis succeeds Cambyses II as ruler of Persia .

522 BC - Babylon rebels against Persian rule.

521 BC - Darius I succeeds Smerdis as ruler of Persia .

521 BC - The Babylonian rebellion against Persian rule is suppressed.

520 BC - Zhou Dao Wang 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).

Births

525 BC - Aeschylus , author of Greek Tragedies (d. 456 BC )

522 BC - Pindar , Greek poet

Deaths

529 BC, July - Cyrus The Great , ruler of ancient Persia

527 BC - Mahavira , major Jain reformist (b. 599 BC)

527 BC - Pisistratus , Athenian general

525 BC - Anaximenes Of Miletus , Greek philosopher (born 585 BC )

525 BC - Psammetichus III , the last Pharaoh of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt

521 BC, March - Cambyses II , ruler of ancient Persia (suicide)

521 BC, October - Smerdis , ruler of ancient Persia