Editing 580s BC

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This article concerns the period '''589 BC – 580 BC'''.
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==Events and trends==
*[[589 BC]]—[[Apries]] succeeds [[Psamtik II]] as king of [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]].
*589 BC—[[Nebuchadnezzar II]] begins his second [[Siege of Jerusalem (587 BC)|siege of Jerusalem]].
*589 BC—[[Battle of An]]: [[Jin (Chinese state)|Jin]] defeats [[Qi (state)|Qi]]; these two Chinese states later agree to an alliance.
*[[15 January]] 588 BC—The last phase of [[Siege of Jerusalem (587 BC)|Siege of Jerusalem]] began.<ref>Note on Jeremiah 52:4 in [[New English Translation|NET Bible]]</ref>
*[[587 BC|587]]/[[586 BC]]—Jerusalem falls to the [[Babylonia]]ns, ending the [[Kingdom of Judah]]. The conquerors destroy the [[Solomon's Temple|Jewish Temple]] of Jerusalem and exile some of the land's inhabitants.
*586 BC—Death of [[Zhou Ding Wang|King Ding]] of the [[Zhou dynasty]] of China.
*[[28 May]] [[585 BC]]—A [[Eclipse of Thales|solar eclipse]] occurs while [[Alyattes of Lydia]] fights [[Cyaxares]] of [[Median kingdom|Media]] at a [[Battle of the Eclipse|battle on the Halys river]], leading to a truce. This is a cardinal date from which other dates can be calculated.
*585 BC—[[Kirrha]] is destroyed, ending the [[First Sacred War]].
*585 BC—[[Lucius Tarquinius Priscus]], king of [[Ancient Rome|Rome]], defeats the [[Sabines]] in [[Roman-Sabine wars#War with Tarquinius Priscus|war]], takes the town of [[Collatia]], and celebrates a [[Roman triumph|triumph]] for his victories on 13 September.
*585 BC—[[Zhou Jian Wang|Ji Yi]] becomes [[Zhou Jian Wang|King Jian]] of the [[Zhou dynasty]] of China.
*585 BC—Fall of the [[Kingdom of Urartu]] following a Median invasion. (The [[Scythians]] ruined the Kingdom of Urartu.)
*585 BC—[[Croesus]] succeeds Alyattes as King of [[Lydia]].<ref name="Dale">{{cite journal |last=Dale |first=Alexander |date=2015 |title=WALWET and KUKALIM: Lydian coin legends, dynastic succession, and the chronology of Mermnad kings |url=https://www.academia.edu/29719834 |journal=Kadmos |volume=54 |pages=151–166 |doi=10.1515/kadmos-2015-0008 |s2cid=165043567 |access-date=10 November 2021}}</ref>
*585/[[584 BC]]—[[Astyages]] succeeds Cyaxares as King of the [[Medes]].
*[[582 BC]]—Military clash between the major [[Classical antiquity]] powers of [[Ancient Egypt|Egypt]] and [[Babylon]].
*582 BC—[[Valle dei Templi|Akragas]] is founded on [[Sicily]].
*582 BC—Nebuchadnezzar forces a third deportation of Jews from Judah into [[Babylonian captivity]].
*582 BC—The [[Pythian Games]] are reorganised at [[Delphi]] (traditional date).
*582/[[581 BC]]—The [[Isthmian Games]] are founded at [[Corinth, Greece|Corinth]].
*581 BC—[[Emperor Suizei|Suizei]] becomes the second [[Emperor of Japan]].
*c. [[580 BC]]—[[Cambyses I of Anshan|Cambyses I]] succeeds [[Cyrus I of Anshan|Cyrus I]] as king of [[Anshan (Persia)|Anshan]] and head of the [[Achaemenid dynasty]].
*c. 580 BC—''Gorgon Medusa'', detail of a sculpture from the west pediment of the [[Temple of Artemis (Corfu)|Temple of Artemis, Korkyra]], is made.
*c. 580 BC—''Standing Youth'' ([[kouros]]) is made.

==Significant people==
*585 BC—Birth of [[Anaximenes of Miletus]], Greek philosopher (died 525 BC)
*585 BC—Death of [[Emperor Jimmu]] of Japan (according to legend)
*585 BC—Death of king [[Cyaxares]] of [[Medes|Media]]
*585 BC—Death of king [[Alyattes of Lydia|Alyattes]] of [[Lydia]]<ref name="Dale"/>
*580 BC—Death of [[Cyrus I of Anshan]] (approximate date)

==References==
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