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 BCE — Asia:

    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 BCE — Asia:

    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 BCE — Asia:

    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