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The 590s BC

17 sourced entries across 9 years, inside the 6th century BC. Each year below opens its own page; the lines under it are that year’s highest-ranked entries.

599 BCE2 entries

598 BCE4 entries

  • 598 BC—Kamarina is founded in Sicily (traditional date).
  • 598 BC—Jeconiah succeeds Jehoiakim as King of Judah.

597 BCE1 entries

  • 597 BC—Jin and Chu fought in the Battle of Bi. Viscount Huan of Zhongxing led the Jin army and was defeated by King Zhuang of Chu.

595 BCE3 entries

  • 595 BC—Beginning of the First Sacred War in ancient Greece.
  • 595 BC—Psamtik II succeeds Necho II as king of Egypt.

594 BCE1 entries

  • 594 BC—The leaders of Athens, facing an economic crisis and popular discontent, appoint the poet–statesman Solon (eponymous archon) to institute democratic reforms and revive the city's constitution, extending citizenship to males of many classes and establishing the Ecclesia.

593 BCE2 entries

  • 593 BC—Napata is sacked by the Egyptians and the Kushite capital relocates to Meroë.
  • 593 BC—Exile of Sappho and Alcaeus (Alkaios) of Mytilene in Sicily.

592 BCE1 entries

  • 592 BC—Early history of Sudan: An Egyptian army sacks Napata, compelling the Cushite court to move to a more secure location at Meroë near the sixth cataract of the Nile.

591 BCE1 entries

590 BCE2 entries

  • 590 BC—The Medians invade the Kingdom of Urartu, causing its fall.