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550s 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 is 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 BC/ 555 BC — Nabonidus succeeds Labashi-Marduk as king of Babylon .

c. 550 BC — Colonisation of Greeks ends.

550 BC — Abdera is destroyed by the Thracians .

550 BC — Cyrus I Of Anshan overthrows Astyages of the Medes , establishing the Persian Empire .

c. 550 BC — Temple of Hera I, Paestum , Italy , is built.

SIGNIFICANT PEOPLE

558 BC — Death of Solon , Athenian Statesman .

c. 556 BC — Birth of Simonides Of Ceos .

555 BC — Death of Stesichorus , Greek Lyric Poet .

551 BC — Birth of Confucius , Philosopher (traditional date).

550 BC — Birth of Epicharmus , Greek Poet (d. 460 BC ).