519 BC – 510 BC. 519 BC—Zhou Jing Wang becomes king of the Zhou dynasty of China. c. 518 BC—Darius I began construction of Parsa (Persepolis). 518 BC—Construction...

The 6th century BC started on the first day of 600 BC and ended on the last day of 501 BC. In Western Asia, the first half of this century was dominated...

Iranian empire founded by Cyrus the Great of the Achaemenid dynasty in 550 BC. Based in modern-day Iran, it was the largest empire by that point in history...

further details for each decade, century, and millennium from 15,000 BC to AD 3000. 0s BC is not a true decade, as it contains only nine years. AD 0s is not...

1st millennium BC Centuries: 7th century BC 6th century BC 5th century BC Decades: 530s BC 520s BC 510s BC 500s BC 490s BC Years: 514 BC 513 BC 512 BC 511 BC 510 BC...

year 521 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 233 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 521 BC for this...

465 BC), commonly known as Xerxes the Great, was a Persian ruler who served as the fourth King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, reigning from 486 BC until...

529 BC – 520 BC. 529 BC—The Chinese state of Zhoulai is conquered by Wu. 528 BC—Gautama Buddha attains Enlightenment, and begins his ministry. 527 BC—Jain...

7th century BC – State leaders in the 5th century BC – State leaders by year This is a list of state leaders in the 6th century BC (600–501 BC). Carthage...

year 512 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 242 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 512 BC for this...