540s BC
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Centuries: 7th century BC - 6th century BC - 5th century BC
Decades: 590s BC - 580s BC - 570s BC - 560s BC - 550s BC - 540s BC - 530s BC - 520s BC - 510s BC - 500s BC - 490s BC
[edit] Events and trends
- 546 BC - Croesus, Lydian king, is defeated by Cyrus of Persia near the River Halys.
- 546 BC - Cyrus of Persia completes his conquest of Lydia, and makes Pasargadae his capital.
- 544 BC - People of Teos migrate to Abdera, Thrace to escape the yoke of Persia.
- 544 BC - Zhou Jing Wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
- 543 BC - North Indian Prince Vijaya invades Ceylon and establishes a Sinhalese dynasty.
- 543 BC - Pisistratus, tyrant of Athens, purifies the island of Delos (approximate date).
- 540 BC - Greek city of Elea of southern Italy founded (approximate date).
- 540 BC - Persians conquer Lycian city of Xanthos now in southern Turkey (approximate date).
[edit] Significant people
- 549 BC - Birth of Darius I.
- 547 BC - Death of Croesus.
- 546 BC - Death of Anaximander, Greek philosopher (approximate date).
- 545 BC - Death of Zhou ling wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
- 544 BC - Birth of Sun Tzu
- 543 BC - Death of Gautama Buddha (traditional in Thailand and elsewhere - basis of the Thai solar calendar).
- 543 BC - Death of Thales, Greek philosopher.
- 540 BC - Amyntas I becomes king of Macedonia (approximate date).ca:Dècada del 540 aC
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