550.[B] Cyrus, at the head of the Persians, destroys the Median monarchy. [See "CONQUESTS OF CYRUS THE GREAT," i, 250.]
550.[B] "RISE OF CONFUCIUS, THE CHINESE SAGE," See i, 270.
546. Croesus, King of Lydia, overthrown by Cyrus. [See "CONQUESTS OF CYRUS THE GREAT," i, 250.]
540.[B] Calimachus invents the Corinthian order of architecture.
[B] Date uncertain.
538. Conquest of Babylon by Cyrus. [See "CONQUESTS OF CYRUS THE GREAT," i, 250.]
529. Death of Cyrus; Cambyses succeeds him on the throne of Persia.
527. Hippias and Hipparchus succeed their father, Pisistratus, at Athens, in the government of that city.
525 (527). Conquest of Egypt by Cambyses, King of Persia. He completely subdued it, and, after an attempted rising, crushed Egypt with merciless severity. Cambyses treated the Egyptian deities, priests, and temples with insult and contempt.
Æschylus, Greek tragic poet, born.