507 BCE

Athenians send an embassy to the Achaemenid satrap of Asia Minor - in the capital city of Sardis - for help in defending against Spartan threats, but refuse to accept Persian terms, which demanded the return of Hippias' tyranny. Cleisthenes takes power in the city-state of Athens and institutes reforms that lead historians to consider him the father of democracy.

In the 500s BC, the 6th century BC.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • Cleisthenes takes power in the city-state of Athens and institutes reforms that lead historians to consider him the father of democracy.source

Exploration & Expansion

  • Athenians send an embassy to the Achaemenid satrap of Asia Minor - in the capital city of Sardis - for help in defending against Spartan threats, but refuse to accept Persian terms, which demanded the return of Hippias' tyranny.source

Births

  • Lu Ban, Chinese inventor and philosopher (died 440 BC)source

Deaths

  • Sudharmaswami, Indian religious leader (born 607 BC)source