This article concerns the period 599 BC – 590 BC.

Events and trends

598 BC The year 598 BC was a year of the Roman calendar, pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 156 ''Ab urbe condita'' . The denomination 598 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Do ...

— Jeconiah succeeds Jehoiakim as King of Judah. *598 BC— Kamarina is founded in Sicily (traditional date).E.J. Bickerman, ''Chronology of the Ancient World'' (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1968), p. 198 *March 16,

597 BC The year 597 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 157 ''Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 597 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar er ...

—

Babylonia Babylonia (; Akkadian: , ''māt Akkadī'') was an ancient Akkadian-speaking state and cultural area based in the city of Babylon in central-southern Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq and parts of Syria). It emerged as an Amorite-ruled state c. ...

ns capture Jerusalem following a siege, replace Jeconiah with Zedekiah as king, and send many Jews (including

Ezekiel Ezekiel (; he, יְחֶזְקֵאל ''Yəḥezqēʾl'' ; in the Septuagint written in grc-koi, Ἰεζεκιήλ ) is the central protagonist of the Book of Ezekiel in the Hebrew Bible. In Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, Ezekiel is acknow ...

) into

Babylonian captivity The Babylonian captivity or Babylonian exile is the period in Jewish history during which a large number of Judeans from the ancient Kingdom of Judah were captives in Babylon, the capital city of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, following their defeat ...

. *

595 BC The year 595 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 159 ''Ab urbe condita'' . The denomination 595 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar e ...

— Psamtik II succeeds Necho II as king of Egypt. *595 BC—Beginning of the First Sacred War in ancient Greece. *595 BC—In Zhou Dynasty

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

, the State of Jin is defeated by the

State of Chu Chu, or Ch'u in Wade–Giles romanization, (, Hanyu Pinyin: Chǔ, Old Chinese: ''*s-r̥aʔ'') was a Zhou dynasty vassal state. Their first ruler was King Wu of Chu in the early 8th century BCE. Chu was located in the south of the Zhou hea ...

in the Battle of Bi. *

594 BC The year 594 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 160 ''Ab urbe condita'' . The denomination 594 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar e ...

—The leaders of Athens, facing an economic crisis and popular discontent, appoint the poet–

statesman A statesman or stateswoman typically is a politician who has had a long and respected political career at the national or international level. Statesman or Statesmen may also refer to: Newspapers United States * ''The Statesman'' (Oregon), a n ...

Solon ( eponymous

archon ''Archon'' ( gr, ἄρχων, árchōn, plural: ἄρχοντες, ''árchontes'') is a Greek word that means "ruler", frequently used as the title of a specific public office. It is the masculine present participle of the verb stem αρχ-, mean ...

) to institute

democratic Democrat, Democrats, or Democratic may refer to: Politics *A proponent of democracy, or democratic government; a form of government involving rule by the people. *A member of a Democratic Party: **Democratic Party (United States) (D) **Democratic ...

reforms and revive the city's constitution, extending citizenship to males of many classes and establishing the

Ecclesia Ecclesia (Greek: ἐκκλησία ''ekklēsia'') may refer to: Organizations * Ecclesia (ancient Greece) or Ekklēsia, the principal assembly of ancient Greece during its Golden Age * Ecclesia (Sparta), the citizens' assembly of Sparta, often w ...

. *

593 BC The year 593 BC was a year of the Roman calendar, pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 161 ''Ab urbe condita'' . The denomination 593 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Do ...

—Exile of

Sappho Sappho (; el, Σαπφώ ''Sapphō'' ; Aeolic Greek ''Psápphō''; c. 630 – c. 570 BC) was an Archaic Greek poet from Eresos or Mytilene on the island of Lesbos. Sappho is known for her Greek lyric, lyric poetry, written to be sung while ...

and Alcaeus (Alkaios) of Mytilene in Sicily. *

592 BC The year 592 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 162 ''Ab urbe condita'' . The denomination 592 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar e ...

— Early history of Sudan: An Egyptian army sacks Napata, compelling the Cushite court to move to a more secure location at Meroë near the sixth cataract of the Nile. *

590 BC The year 590 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 164 ''Ab urbe condita'' . The denomination 590 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calenda ...

—The

Medians The Medes ( Old Persian: ; Akkadian: , ; Ancient Greek: ; Latin: ) were an ancient Iranian people who spoke the Median language and who inhabited an area known as Media between western and northern Iran. Around the 11th century BC, th ...

invade the Kingdom of Urartu, causing its fall.

Significant people

*599 BC—Birth of

Mahavira Mahavira (Sanskrit: महावीर) also known as Vardhaman, was the 24th ''tirthankara'' (supreme preacher) of Jainism. He was the spiritual successor of the 23rd ''tirthankara'' Parshvanatha. Mahavira was born in the early part of the 6t ...

, the 24th Tirthankara of Jainism (died

527 BC This article concerns the period 529 BC – 520 BC. Events * 529 BC—The Chinese state of Zhoulai is conquered by Wu (state), Wu. * 528 BC—Gautama Buddha attains Enlightenment (Buddhism), Enlightenment, and begins his ministry. *527 BC - Jaini ...

)

References

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