Who was alive in the 6th century BCE

20 people and 8 events and eras

Events and eras

• Iron Age c. 1200–c. 550 BCE
• Zhou Dynasty 1046–256 BCE
• Axial Age c. 800–c. 200 BCE
• Classical Antiquity c. 800 BCE–c. 500 CE
• First Coins 600 BCE
• Classical Greece c. 510–323 BCE
• Roman Republic 509–27 BCE
• Athenian Democracy 508–322 BCE

People

• Jeremiah c. 650–c. 570 BCE, prophet
• Nebuchadnezzar II c. 642–562 BCE, king
• Sappho c. 630–c. 570 BCE, poet
• Zoroaster (By Zoroastrian tradition) c. 628–c. 551 BCE, prophet
• Thales of Miletus c. 624–c. 546 BCE, philosopher
• Aesop c. 620–c. 564 BCE, fabulist
• Cyrus the Great c. 600–530 BCE, king
• Mahavira 599–527 BCE, spiritual leader
• Laozi c. 571–c. 471 BCE, philosopher
• Pythagoras c. 570–c. 495 BCE, philosopher
• Gautama Buddha c. 563–c. 483 BCE, spiritual leader
• Milo of Croton Born c. 555 BCE, wrestler
• Confucius 551–479 BCE, philosopher
• Darius the Great 550–486 BCE, king
• Sun Tzu c. 544–c. 496 BCE, military strategist
• Leonidas I c. 540–480 BCE, king
• Heraclitus c. 535–c. 475 BCE, philosopher
• Aeschylus c. 525–c. 456 BCE, playwright
• Xerxes I c. 518–465 BCE, king
• Parmenides Born c. 515 BCE, philosopher