Editing 6th century BC (section)

=== [[550s BC]] ===

* [[550s BC]]: [[Carthage]] conquers [[Sicily]], [[Sardinia]] and [[Corsica]].
* [[559 BC]]: [[Cambyses I of Anshan|King Cambyses I of Anshan]] dies and is succeeded by his son [[Cyrus the Great|Cyrus II the Great]].
* [[558 BC]]: Hegesias removed as [[Archons of Athens|Archon]] of [[Athens]].
* [[558 BC]]: The [[China|Chinese]] state of [[Jin (Chinese state)|Jin]] defeats its rival [[State of Qin|Qin]] in battle.
* [[556 BC]]: [[Pisistratus]] is exiled from [[Athens, Greece|Athens]] to [[Euboea]].
* [[556 BC]]: [[Labashi-Marduk]] succeeds [[Neriglissar]] as [[King of Babylon]].
* [[556 BC]]/[[555 BC]]: [[Nabonidus]] succeeds [[Labashi-Marduk]] as [[King of Babylon]].
* [[551 BC]]: [[Confucius]] was born.
* [[550 BC]]: [[Abdera, Thrace|Abdera]] is destroyed by the [[Thrace|Thracians]].
* [[553 BC|553]]–[[550 BC]]: [[Medo-Persian conflict]]; [[Cyrus II]] overthrows the Median king [[Astyages]], establishing the [[Achaemenid Empire|Persian Empire]].
* [[550 BC]]: The [[Mumun Pottery Period|Late Mumun Period]] begins in the [[Korean peninsula]].