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Events and trends

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Events and trends

★ 599 BC — Vardhamana Mahavira, last Tirthankar of Jainism is born.

★ 598 BC — Jehoiachin succeeds Jehoiakim as King of Judah.

★ March 16, 597 BC — Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king.

★ 595 BC — Psammetichus II succeeds Necho II as king of Egypt.

★ 594 BC — The leaders of Athens, facing an economic crisis and popular discontent, appointed the poet-statesman Solon archon to institute democratic reforms and revive the city's constitution, extending citizenship to males of many classes.

★ 593 BC — Exile of Sappho and Alcaeus (Alkaios) of Mytilene in Sicily.

★ 590 BC — Egyptian army sacks Napata, compelling the Cushite court to move to a more secure location at Meroe near the sixth cataract of the Nile. (Early history of Sudan)

Significant people

Births

★ Mahavira, founder of Jainism, (599–527)