| Date |
1st |
Place |
Event |
| 600 |
|
Mexico |
Mayan civilization
authenticated. |
| 586 |
|
Judea |
Captured by
Nebuchadnezzar II and the First Temple burned. Deportation of part
of Judean population to Babylon. |
| |
|
Greece |
Position of women in
civil rights declines. |
| |
Y |
Greece |
1st reports of the
introduction of papyrus. |
| 551 |
|
China |
Kung Fu-tse (Confucius)
to 479. |
| |
|
Greece |
Women take over men's
short chiton as long dress of their own. |
| |
|
India |
Dams are being
constructed. |
| 538 |
|
Judea |
Cyrus II grants
permission to build the Second Temple. |
| |
|
Babylon |
Banking business
practiced. |
| |
|
Persia |
Cyrus II establishes
regular courier service by messengers on horseback. |
| 536 |
|
Greece |
Milo of Crotona,
legendary athlete, crowned six times at Olympic Games. |
| |
Y |
Persia |
1st Persian coin with
picture of ruler. |
| |
|
Athens |
1st water supply system
has nine pipes leading to main well. |
| 520 |
|
Rome |
Declared a republic,
last king, Tarquin the Proud, expelled. |
| |
|
Athens |
Public libraries. |
| |
Y |
Greece |
Beginning of historical
writings by Hecataeus & Dionysius of Miletus. Hecataeus
mentions India in his writings. |
| 509 |
|
Rome |
Completion of Temple of
Jupiter Optimus Maximus, called the Capitol. |
| 500 |
|
Greece |
Alcmaeon of Croton
discovers difference between veins & arteries, also connection
between brain and sensing organs. |
| 500 |
Y |
India |
Surgeon Susrata
performs cataract operation. |
| 500 |
Y |
Greece |
Alcmaeon discovers
Eustachian tubes. |
| 500 |
|
Babylon |
Astronomer Naburiannu
determines length of lunar month. |
| |
|
Persia |
Darius I uses pontoon
bridge across Bosphorus during warfare. |
| |
|
Italy |
High point of Etruscan
political power & civilization. |
| |
|
Egypt |
Amun temple at El
Charge built. |
| |
|
Greece |
Pindar begins to write
his odes. |
| |
|
India |
Siddhartha Gautama
(Buddha) founds Buddhism. |
| 480 |
|
India |
Death of Buddha. |
| 479 |
|
China |
Death of Confucious |
| 470 |
|
Greece |
Birth of Socrates. |
| 462 |
|
Greece |
Soldiers & judges
of Athens receive regular salaries. |
| 460 |
|
Greece |
Hippocrates,
"Father of Medicine" born. |
| 458 |
|
Judea |
Ezra goes to Jerusalem
to restore the laws of Moses. |
| 451 |
|
Rome |
Three Roman senators
sent to Athens to study the laws of Solon. |
| 450 |
|
Rome |
The Decemvirs codify
Roman laws in a form known as the Twelve Tables. |
| 445 |
|
Greece |
Use of carrier pigeons. |
| 440 |
|
Judea |
Law forbids marriage
between Judeans and aliens. |
| 430 |
|
Athens |
Plague to 423. |
| 405 |
|
|
Artaxerxes II becomes
King of Persia and rules until 359. |
