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(December 2009)
Millennium
:
1st millennium
BC
Centuries
:
7th century
BC
–
6th century
BC
–
5th century
BC
Decades
:
620s
BC
610s
BC
600s
BC
–
590s
BC
–
580s
BC
570s
BC
560s
BC
Years:
599
BC
598
BC
597
BC
596
BC
595
BC
594
BC
593
BC
592
BC
591
BC
590
BC
Categories:
Births
–
Deaths
– Architecture
Establishments
– Disestablishments
Sappho
and
Alcaeus of Mytilene
, by
Lawrence Alma-Tadema
(1881).
Events and trends
599 BC
—Vardhamana
Mahavira
, last
Tirthankar
of
Jainism
is born.
598 BC
—
Jehoiachin
succeeds
Jehoiakim
as King of
Judah
.
March 16, 597 BC—
Babylonians
capture
Jerusalem
following a
siege
, replace
Jehoiachin
with
Zedekiah
as king.
597 BC
—Exile of prominent Jews (including
Ezekiel
) to Babylonia
595 BC
—
Psamtik II
succeeds
Necho II
as king of
Egypt
.
595 BC
—in
Zhou Dynasty
China
, the
State of Jin
was defeated by the
State of Chu
in the
Battle of Bi
.
594 BC
—The leaders of
Athens
, facing an economic crisis and popular discontent, appointed the
poet
–
statesman
Solon
eponymous
archon
to institute
democratic
reforms
and revive the city's constitution, extending citizenship to males of many classes.
593 BC
—Exile of
Sappho
and
Alcaeus (Alkaios) of Mytilene
in
Sicily
.
592 BC
—An
Egyptian
army sacks
Napata
, compelling the
Cushite
court
to move to a more secure location at
Meroe
near the sixth
cataract
of the
Nile
. (
Early history of Sudan
)
Significant people
Nephi
being in the wilderness and sailing to the Americas according to the
Book of Mormon
.
Births
Mahavira
, the 24th
Tirthankara
of
Jainism
,(
599
–
527
)
Categories
:
590s BC
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