520s BC

This article concerns the period 529 BC – 520 BC.

Millennium: 1st millennium BC
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  • 524 BC
  • 523 BC
  • 522 BC
  • 521 BC
  • 520 BC
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  • Births
  • Deaths

Events
  • 529 BC—The Chinese state of Zhoulai is conquered by Wu.
  • 528 BC—Gautama Buddha attains Enlightenment, and begins his ministry.
  • 527 BC - Jain Tirthankara Mahavira attains Moksha, according to the Swetambara Tradition.
  • 527 BC—Peisistratos a tyrant of Athens dies: his son Hippias inherits his power.
  • 526 BC—Psammetichus III succeeds Amasis II as king of Egypt.
  • 526 BC—King Liao of Wu ascends to power in the State of Wu in China during the Zhou Dynasty.
  • 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 Persian Twenty-seventh Dynasty.
  • c. 525 BC—Coins start to have an image on two sides.
  • 522 BC—Bardiya succeeds Cambyses II as ruler of Persia.
  • 522 BC—Babylon rebels against Persian rule.
  • 522 BC—Darius I succeeds Bardiya as ruler of Persia. He is the son of a government official.
  • 521 BC—The Babylonian rebellion against Persian rule is suppressed.
  • 520 BC—Dao 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).
  • c. 520 BC—Darius I decrees that work on Jerusalem resume as per the decree of Cyrus the Great.
  • c. 520 BC—Kore, from Chios(?), is made. It is now at Acropolis Museum, Athens.
  • c. 520 BC—Sarcophagus, from Cerveteri is made. It is now at National Etruscan Museum, Rome (approximate date).
  • 520 BC–510 BC—The Priam Painter makes "Women at a Fountain House", black-figure decoration on a hydria. It is now at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

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