550S Bc
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
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.
556 BC -
Pisistratus
is exiled from
Athens
to
Euboea
556 BC - Labashi-Marduk succeeds
Neriglissar
as king of
Babylon
556 BC -
Nabonidus
succeeds Labashi-Marduk as king of
Babylon
550 BC -
Abdera
is destroyed by the
Thracians
.
Significant people
558 BC - Death of
Solon
,
Athenian
statesman
556 BC - Birth of
Simonides of Ceos
(approximate date)
555 BC - Death of
Stesichorus
,
Greek
lyric
poet
551 BC - Birth of
Confucius
, philosopher
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