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The year 540 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire , it was known as year 214 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 540 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
540 BC—Cyrus attacks Babylonia. 540 BC—Greek city of Elea of southern Italy founded (approximate date). 540 BC—Persians conquer Lycian city of Xanthos now in southern Turkey (approximate date). c. 540 BC—Amasis Painter makes Dionysos with maenads, black-figure decoration on an amphora. It is now at Bibliotheque Nationale de France, Paris.
"It is worth a library of books on the subject of history" (G. McCloskie, L.L.D. Professor of Natural History at Princeton College) "Indicates at a glance the date, progress, and synchronism of historical events, as clearly as could be learned in days and weeks in ordinary historical works" (A.D. Hager, Secretary, Chicago Historical Society)
In this movie, a fictional version of the king Hammurabi of Babylon appears. The Bible: In the Beginning... 1966: approx. 3761 BC – 1644 BC (according to the Hebrew Calendar) It recounts the first 22 chapters of the biblical Book of Genesis, covering the stories from Adam and Eve to the binding of Isaac. Sodom and Gomorrah: 1962: 2100 BC
This timeline is a chronology of significant events in the history of the U.S. State of Utah and the historical area now occupied by the state. 2000s 1900s 1800s Statehood Territory 1700s 1600s 1500s Before 1492
These timelines of world history detail recorded events since the creation of writing roughly 5000 years ago to the present day. For events from c. 3200 BC – c. 500 see: Timeline of ancient history; For events from c. 500 – c. 1499, see: Timeline of post-classical history; For events from c. 1500, see: Timelines of modern history
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The 6th century BC started on the first day of 600 BC and ended on the last day of 501 BC. In Western Asia , the first half of this century was dominated by the Neo-Babylonian Empire , which had risen to power late in the previous century after successfully rebelling against Assyrian rule.