Information about 550 Bc

A millennium (pl. millennia) is a period of time equal to one thousand years (from Latin mille, thousand, and annum, year).
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2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium The 1st millennium BC encompasses the Iron Age and sees the rise of successive empires. The Neo-Assyrian Empire, followed by the Achaemenids.
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Upper Paleolithic
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The 7th century BC started the first day of 700 BC and ended the last day of 601 BC.

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• 700 BC to 600 BC — Baudhayana Sulbasutra, an orally transmitted Vedic Sanskrit text on altar construction, contains the earliest extant verbal statement of the

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The 6th century BC started the first day of 600 BC and ended the last day of 501 BC.

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In the Near East, the first half of this century was dominated by the Neo Babylonian or Chaldean
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The 5th century BC started the first day of 500 BC and ended the last day of 401 BC.

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This century sees the beginning of a period of philosophical brilliance among advanced civilizations, particularly the Greeks which would continue all the way through the
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6th century BC - 5th century BC

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6th century BC - 5th century BC

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559 BC 558 BC 557 BC 556 BC 555 BC
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6th century BC - 5th century BC

580s BC 570s BC 560s BC - 550s BC - 540s BC 530s BC 520s BC
559 BC 558 BC 557 BC 556 BC 555 BC
554 BC 553 BC 552 BC 551 BC 550 BC

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6th century BC - 5th century BC

580s BC 570s BC 560s BC - 550s BC - 540s BC 530s BC 520s BC
559 BC 558 BC 557 BC 556 BC 555 BC
554 BC 553 BC 552 BC 551 BC 550 BC

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6th century BC - 5th century BC

580s BC 570s BC 560s BC - 550s BC - 540s BC 530s BC 520s BC
559 BC 558 BC 557 BC 556 BC 555 BC
554 BC 553 BC 552 BC 551 BC 550 BC

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6th century BC - 5th century BC

580s BC 570s BC 560s BC - 550s BC - 540s BC 530s BC 520s BC
559 BC 558 BC 557 BC 556 BC 555 BC
554 BC 553 BC 552 BC 551 BC 550 BC

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6th century BC - 5th century BC

580s BC 570s BC 560s BC - 550s BC - 540s BC 530s BC 520s BC
559 BC 558 BC 557 BC 556 BC 555 BC
554 BC 553 BC 552 BC 551 BC 550 BC

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6th century BC - 5th century BC

580s BC 570s BC 560s BC - 550s BC - 540s BC 530s BC 520s BC
559 BC 558 BC 557 BC 556 BC 555 BC
554 BC 553 BC 552 BC 551 BC 550 BC

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6th century BC - 5th century BC

580s BC 570s BC 560s BC - 550s BC - 540s BC 530s BC 520s BC
559 BC 558 BC 557 BC 556 BC 555 BC
554 BC 553 BC 552 BC 551 BC 550 BC

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State Party  Tunisia
Type Cultural
Criteria ii, iii, vi
Reference 37
Region Arab States

Inscription History
Inscription 1979  (3rd Session)
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Regione Autonoma Siciliana


Map highlighting the location of Sicilia in Italy

Capital Palermo
President Salvatore Cuffaro
(UDC-CdL)
Provinces Agrigento
Caltanissetta
Catania
Enna
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Regione Autonoma della Sardegna
Regione Autònoma de sa Sardigna


Map highlighting the location of Sardegna in Italy

Capital Cagliari
President Renato Soru
(Independent
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Collectivité territoriale de Corse

Territorial Collectivity flag (Région logo)

Location

Administration
Capital Ajaccio
Arrondissements 5
Cantons 52
Communes 360
Statistics
Land area¹ 8,680 km²
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6th century BC - 5th century BC

580s BC 570s BC 560s BC - 550s BC - 540s BC 530s BC 520s BC
559 BC 558 BC 557 BC 556 BC 555 BC
554 BC 553 BC 552 BC 551 BC 550 BC

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Cambyses I, Old Persian: Kambūjiya, 'the Elder' (c. 600 BC–559 BC) was King of Anshan from c. 580 to 559 BC and was the father of Cyrus II (Cyrus the Great). His name in Greek was Καμβύσης, whence the Latin Cambyses.
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