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★ 529 BC — Cambyses II started to rule. He is son of Cyrus II. He conquered Egypt and Cyprus.

★ 528 BC — Gautama Buddha attained Enlightenment, and began his ministry.

★ 526 BC — Psammetichus III succeeds Amasis II as king of Egypt.

★ 525 BC — Cambyses II, ruler of Persia, conquers Egypt, defeating Psammetichus III. This is considered the end of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty, and the start of the Twenty-seventh Dynasty.

★ c. 525 BC — Coins started to have an image on two sides.

★ c. 525 BC — Kroisos(?), from a cemetery at Anavysos, near Athens is made. It is now at National Archeological Museum, Athens.

★ 522 BC — Smerdis succeeds Cambyses II as ruler of Persia.

★ 522 BC — Babylon rebels against Persian rule.

★ 521 BC — Darius I succeeds Smerdis as ruler of Persia. He is son of a government official.

★ 521 BC — The Babylonian rebellion against Persian rule is suppressed.

★ 520 BC — Zhou dao wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China but dies before the end of the year.

★ 520 BC — Cleomenes I succeeds Anaxandridas as king of Sparta. (approximate date).

★ c. 520 BC — Kore, from Chios(?), is made. It is now at Acropolis Museum, Athens.

★ 520 BC–510 BC — "A. D." Painter makes Women at a fountain house, black-figure decoration on a hydria. It is now at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Significant people

★ c. 520 BC — Mahavira

Births

★ 520 BC - Leonidas I.