CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE
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| B.C. | |
|---|---|
| 608. | Necho of Egypt defeated Josiah, king of Judah, at the Battle of Megiddo. |
| 606. | Capture of Nineveh by the Chaldeans and Medes. Foundation of the Chaldean Empire. |
| 604. | Necho pushed to the Euphrates and was overthrown by Nebuchadnezzar II. Josiah fell with him. |
| 586. | Nebuchadnezzar carried off the Jews to Babylon. Many fled to Egypt and settled there. |
| 550. | Cyrus the Persian succeeded Cyaxares the Mede. Cyrus conquered Crœsus. Buddha lived about this time. So also did Confucius and Lao Tse. |
| 539. | Cyrus took Babylon and founded the Persian Empire. |
| 527. | Peisistratus died. |
| 525. | Cambyses conquered Egypt. |
| 521. | Darius I, the son of Hystaspes, ruled from the Hellespont to the Indus. His expedition to Scythia. |
| 490. | Battle of Marathon. |
| 484. | Herodotus born. Æschylus won his first prize for tragedy. |
| 480. | Battles of Thermopylæ and Salamis. |
| 479. | The Battles of Platæa and Mycale completed the repulse of Persia. |
| 474. | Etruscan fleet destroyed by the Sicilian Greeks. |
| 470. | Voyage of Hanno. |
| 466. | Pericles. |
| 465. | Xerxes murdered. |
| 438. | Herodotus recited his History in Athens. |
| 431. | Peloponnesian War began (to 404). |
| 428. | Pericles died. Herodotus died. |
| 427. | Aristophanes began his career. Plato born. He lived to 347. |
| 401. | Retreat of the Ten Thousand. |
| 390. | Brennus sacked Rome. |
| 366. | Camillus built the Temple of Concord. |
| 359. | Philip became king of Macedonia. |
| 338. | Battle of Chæronea. |
| 336. | Macedonian troops crossed into Asia. Philip murdered. |
