The year 550 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 204 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 550 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

550 BC— Siddhartha Gautama founds Buddhism in Northern India after achieving enlightenment after six years of practicing penance and meditation. 558 BC —Death of Solon, Athenian statesman, poet. c. 556 BC —Birth of Simonides of Ceos. 555 BC —Death of …

2004年10月1日 · Its formation began in 550 B.C., when King Astyages of Media, who dominated much of Iran and eastern Anatolia (Turkey), was defeated by his southern neighbor Cyrus II (“the Great”), king of Persia (r. 559–530 B.C.). This upset the balance of power in the Near East.

Astyages (flourished 6th century bc) was the last king of the Median empire (reigned 585–550 bc). According to Herodotus, the Achaemenian Cyrus the Great was Astyages’ grandson through his daughter Mandane, but this relationship is probably legendary.

588 BC Nebuchadnezzar Takes Jerusalem-In 588 Nebuchadnezzar's Babylonian army breached the wall of Jerusalem, capturing it and destroying the temple. Many of the Jews of Judea were taken to exile in Babylon.

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2019年11月7日 · Persia first grabbed the attention of the historic world in the sixth century BC with the exploits and conquests of the near-legendary Cyrus the Great, conqueror of the Medes, and of his...

The Achaemenid Empire (ca. 550-330 BC) is often considered the first truly Iranian Empire both because its territory included modern-day Iran and because it laid the foundations (linguistic, religious, and artistic) for much of what would define later Iranian culture.

Neo-Babylonian Empire ceased to exist in 539 BC, while its territory was incorporated into the Persian Empire under Achaemenid Dynasty founded by Cyrus the Great (also known as Cyrus II of Persia) in 550 BC when he decisively defeated the King Astyages (585-550 BC) of Media.

Description: A map of the kingdoms of Lydia, Media, and Babylonia at the time of Cyrus the Great (558–529 BC). The map shows the territories of Lydia (including Bithynia), Lycia, and Cilicia in Asia Minor, the territories of Media, including Cappadocia, Armenia, Susiana, and Persis, and the territory of Babylonia from the Persian Gulf through ...