Culture & IdeasThe 6th century BCE

Culture & Ideas in the 6th century BCE

Every event in the Terralore archive tagged culture and ideas — art, language, science and learning, narrowed to the 6th century BCE — 3 of them, drawn from 3 nations, running from 575 BCE to 518 BCE. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
3
Nations
3
Earliest
575 BCE
Latest
518 BCE

Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.

  1. c. 575 BCEAsia

    Iraq

    Babylon at its height under Nebuchadnezzar II

    The Neo-Babylonian Empire reaches its zenith under Nebuchadnezzar II, who rebuilds Babylon with the Ishtar Gate and great walls; the ruined city, associated with the Hanging Gardens, is today a UNESCO World Heritage site.

    Era: Sumer, Akkad and Babylon — the First Cities

    Sources: Babylon — UNESCO World Heritage List · UNESCO World Heritage Centre, History of Mesopotamia · Encyclopædia Britannica

  2. 551 BCEAsia

    China

    Lifetime of Confucius

    Confucius (551-479 BCE) teaches that social order rests on moral cultivation, ritual, and proper human relationships; his thought becomes the dominant ethical tradition of imperial China.

    Era: Bronze Age Kingdoms and the Hundred Schools

    Sources: Zhou dynasty (ca. 1050-221 BCE), Teaching China with the Smithsonian · Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art, China · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  3. c. 518 BCEAsia

    Iran

    Darius I builds Persepolis

    Darius the Great organises the empire into satrapies, builds the Royal Road and standardised coinage, and begins the magnificent ceremonial capital of Persepolis, today a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

    Era: Elam and the Achaemenid Empire

    Sources: Persepolis — UNESCO World Heritage List · UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Cyrus the Great · World History Encyclopedia