Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC Decades: 530s BC 520s BC 510s BC 500s BC 490s BC - 480s BC - 470s BC 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC Years: 490 BC 489 BC 488 BC 487 BC 486 BC - 485 BC - 484 BC - 483 BC 482 BC 481 BC 480 BC 485 BC - Events. October - Xerxes I succeeds to the Persian throne. 485 BC - Births. Herodotus of Halicarnassus 485 BC - Deaths. Including:

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Centuries: 4th century BC - 5th century BC - 6th century BC Decades: 500s BC 490s BC 480s BC 470s BC 460s BC - 450s BC - 440s BC 430s BC 420s BC 410s BC 400s BC Years: 464 BC 463 BC 462 BC 461 BC 460 BC - 459 BC - 458 BC 457 BC 456 BC 455 BC 454 BC 459 BC - Events. Pleistoanax succeeds his father Pleistarchus as king of Sparta. Destruction of the Sicilian town of Morgantina by Douketios, leader of the Sikels, according to Diodoros Siculus Ezra leads the second ...

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Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC Decades: 530s BC 520s BC 510s BC 500s BC 490s BC - 480s BC - 470s BC 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC Years: 492 BC 491 BC 490 BC 489 BC 488 BC - 487 BC - 486 BC 485 BC 484 BC 483 BC 482 BC 487 BC - Events. Egypt revolts against the Persians. Aegina and Athens go to war. Athenian Archonship becomes elective by lot, an important milestone in the move towards radical Athenian democracy. 487 BC - Births. Including:

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Centuries: 4th century BC - 5th century BC - 6th century BC Decades: 500s BC 490s BC 480s BC 470s BC 460s BC - 450s BC - 440s BC 430s BC 420s BC 410s BC 400s BC Years: 463 BC 462 BC 461 BC 460 BC 459 BC - 458 BC - 457 BC 456 BC 455 BC 454 BC 453 BC 458 BC - Births. 458 BC - Deaths. 458 BC - Events. Greek playwright Aeschylus completes the Oresteia, a trilogy that tells the story of a family blood feud. The pl ...

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Centuries: 4th century BC - 5th century BC - 6th century BC Decades: 500s BC 490s BC 480s BC 470s BC 460s BC - 450s BC - 440s BC 430s BC 420s BC 410s BC 400s BC Years: 465 BC 464 BC 463 BC 462 BC 461 BC - 460 BC - 459 BC 458 BC 457 BC 456 BC 455 BC 460 BC - Events. Egypt revolts against Persia, starting a six year war. An Athenian force sent to attack Cyprus is diverted to support this revolt. Cincinnatus ...

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Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC Decades: 540s BC 530s BC 520s BC 510s BC 500s BC - 490s BC - 480s BC 470s BC 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC Years: 499 BC - 498 BC - 497 BC 496 BC 495 BC 494 BC 493 BC 498 BC - Events. Leontini subjugated by Hippocrates of Gela Alexander I succeeds his father Amyntas I as king of Macedonia 498 BC - Births. 498 BC - Deaths. ...

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Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC Decades: 540s BC 530s BC 520s BC 510s BC 500s BC - 490s BC - 480s BC 470s BC 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC Years: 495 BC 494 BC 493 BC 492 BC 491 BC - 490 BC - 489 BC 488 BC 487 BC 486 BC 485 BC 490 BC - Events. September 12 - Battle of Marathon. Phidippides runs 40 kilometers from Marathon to Athens to announce the news of the Persian victory; orig ...

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Centuries: 4th century BC - 5th century BC - 6th century BC Decades: 500s BC 490s BC 480s BC 470s BC 460s BC - 450s BC - 440s BC 430s BC 420s BC 410s BC 400s BC Years: 462 BC 461 BC 460 BC 459 BC 458 BC - 457 BC - 456 BC 455 BC 454 BC 453 BC 452 BC 457 BC - Events. Pericles, Athenian statesman, inaugrates Golden Age of Ancient Athens. Battle of Tanagra–The Spartans defeat the Athenians, near Thebes Battle of Oenophyta–The Athenians defeat the T ...

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Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC Decades: 540s BC 530s BC 520s BC 510s BC 500s BC - 490s BC - 480s BC 470s BC 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC Years: 499 BC 498 BC 497 BC - 496 BC - 495 BC 490 BC 489 BC 488 BC 487 BC 496 BC - Events. Battle of Lake Regillus: A legendary early Roman victory, won over either the Etruscans or the Latins. King Gon Jian of Yue defeats and banishes King Fucha of Wu, gaining a temporary hegemony in ancient Chi ...

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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 540s BC - Events and trends. 547 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.Including:

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Centuries: 7th century BC - 6th century BC - 5th century BC Decades: 600s BC - 590s BC - 580s BC - 570s BC - 560s BC - 550s BC - 540s BC - 530s BC - 520s BC - 510s BC - 500s BC 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 removed as Archon of Athens 558 BC - The Chinese state of Jin defeats its rival Qin in battle.Including:

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Centuries: 7th century BC - 6th century BC - 5th century BC Decades: 570s BC - 560s BC - 550s BC - 540s BC - 530s BC - 520s BC - 510s BC - 500s BC - 490s BC - 480s BC - 470s BC 520s BC - Events. 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 succeed ...

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Vedic Sanskrit is the language of the Vedas, the earliest sacred texts of India. The earliest of the Vedas, the Rigveda, was composed in the 2nd millennium BC, and use of the Vedic dialect was continued for the composition of religious texts until roughly 500 BC, when the later Classical Sanskrit language began to emerge. The Vedic form of Sanskrit is an early descendant of Proto-Indo-Iranian (spoken around 2000 BC), and still comparatively similar (being removed by maybe 1500 years) to the Proto-Indo-European language. Vedic S ...

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Main article: Nordic Bronze Age In Northern Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Norway, Bronze Age inhabitants manufactured many distinctive and beautiful artifacts, such as the pairs of lurer horns discovered in Denmark. Some linguists believe that a proto-Indo-European language was probably introduced to the area around 2000 BC and eventually became the ancestor of the Germanic languages. This would fit with the evolution of the Nordic Bronze Age into the most probably Germanic Pre-Roman Iron Age. The age is divided into the periods I-VI according to Oscar Montelius. Period M ...

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The first appearance of evidence of the use of mathematics in the Indian subcontinent was in the Indus Valley Civilization, which dates back to around 3300 BC. Excavations at Harrapa, Mohenjo-daro and the surrounding area of the Indus River, have uncovered much evidence of the use of basic mathematics. The mathematics used by this early Harrapan civilisation was very much for practical means, and was primarily concerned with weights, measuring scales and a surprisingly advanced brick technology, which utilised ratios. The ratio for brick ...

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The Bronze Age first began with Sumer in what is now Iraq, in 3500 BC. This was shortly followed by the Indus Valley Civilization in what is now Pakistan and North India, in 3300 BC. China's bronze age began from around 2100 BC with the Xia dynasty. In Ban Chiang, Thailand, (Southeast Asia) bronze artifacts have been discovered dating to 2100 BC [1]. The Erlitou culture, Shang Dynasty and Sanxingdui culture of early China used bronze vessels for rituals ...

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