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5th century BC
(6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC - other centuries )2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC 1st millennium AD )Greek philosophy develops during the 5th century BC, setting the foundation for Western ideology. Socrates is the most famous Greek philosopher.
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Demotic becomes the dominant script of
ancient Egypt *
Persians invade
Greece twice (
Persian Wars )
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Battle of Marathon (
490 )
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Battle of Salamis (
480 )
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Athenian empire rises and falls
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Peloponnesian War * Approximate beginning of
Iron Age in northern
Europe *
Buddhist monastic university at
Nalanda ,
India established.
* spread of the
Continental Celtic La Tène culture *
Insular Celtic Chariot burial s in
Britain *
Pythagoras of
Samos , Greek mathematician. See
Pythagorean theorem . (
582 -
496 BC ).
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Gautama Buddha , founding figure of
Buddhism (ca.
563 -
483 BC ).
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Confucius , founding figure of
Confucianism (
551 -
479 BC ).
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Aeschylus of
Athens ,
playwright (
525 -
456 BC ).
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Darius I ,
King of Persia (reigned
521 -
485 BC ).
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Sophocles of
Athens ,
playwright (
496 -
406 BC ).
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Pericles of
Athens , politician (ca.
495 -
429 BC ).
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Herodotus of
Halicarnassus ,
historian (ca.
485 BC ).
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Euripides of
Athens ,
playwright (ca.
480 -
406 BC ).
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Socrates of
Athens , philosopher (
470 -
399 BC ).
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Aristophanes of
Athens ,
playwright (ca.
446 -
385 BC ).
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Darius II , king of
Persia (reigned
423 -
404 BC )
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Ezra and
Nehemiah active in Judea.
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Tollund Man ,
Human sacrifice victim on the
Jutland Peninsula in
Denmark , possibly the earliest known evidence for worship of
Odin .
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Cast iron is first used in
Wu .
