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The 5th century BC started the first day of 500 BC and ended the last day of 401 BC. The Parthenon in Athens, a symbol of Ancient Greece and Western Philosophy. This century saw the establishment of Pataliputra as a capital of the Magadha Empire. This city would later become the ruling capital of different Indian kingdoms for about a thousand ...
5th-century BC Chinese people (3 C, 30 P) Pages in category "5th century BC in China" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
After further political consolidations, seven prominent states remained during the 5th century BC. The years in which these states battled each other is known as the Warring States period. Though the Zhou king nominally remained as such until 256 BC, he was largely a figurehead that held little real power.
Dacia (complete list) –; Charnabon, King (5th century BC); Illyrian Kingdoms (complete list); Grabos I, King of Grabei; Sirras, maybe a son of Grabos, a prince, royal member and perhaps prince-regent of Lynkestis (Lyncestis) in Upper Macedonia for his father-in-law King Arrhabaeus (c. 423–393 BC)
A Chinese lacquerware drinking vessel (over wood), Warring States period, Honolulu Museum of Art A nephrite pendant in the shape of a man wearing silk robes, 5th–3rd centuries BC, Warring States period, Arthur M. Sackler Museum A painting on silk depicting a man riding a dragon from Zidanku Tomb no. 1 in Changsha, Hunan Province (5th–3rd ...
Name Capital(s) State type Existed Location Sao civilisation [1]: Various: Tribal city states: 6th century BC – 16th century AD: Africa: Central Garamantes [2]: Garama
Blast furnace: Although cast iron tools and weapons have been found in China dating from the 5th century BC, the earliest discovered Chinese blast furnaces, which produced pig iron that could be remelted and refined as cast iron in the cupola furnace, date from the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC, and the vast majority of early blast-furnace sites ...
5th-century BC Chinese women (4 P) Z. Zhou dynasty people (11 C, 11 P) Pages in category "5th-century BC Chinese people" The following 30 pages are in this category ...