Construction of the Parthenon and Golden Age of Pericles
447 BCE
Peak of Athenian architecture, dramatic arts, and democratic self-confidence.
Sources and References
Acropole d'Athènes et le Parthénon (Patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO)
Consulter l'archive officielle ↗Plutarque, *Vie de Périclès*
Semantic cluster
Mesopotamia clusterSumer, Akkad, Babylon, Assyria: writing, law codes, Fertile Crescent empires.
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Capture of Babylon by Cyrus the Great and Cyrus Cylinder
539 BCE
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Battle of Gaugamela and Fall of the Persian Empire
331 BCE
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Erection of Ishtar Gate and Etemenanki Ziggurat
575 BCE
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Destruction of Solomon's Temple and Babylonian Exile
586 BCE
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Victory at Carchemish and Peak of Nebuchadnezzar II
605 BCE
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Sack and Fall of Nineveh to Babylonians and Medes
612 BCE
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Persian Conquest of Egypt by Cambyses II (Battle of Pelusium)
525 BCE
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Enlightenment of Gautama Buddha
528 BCE
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Birth and Philosophy of Confucius (Kong Fuzi)
551 BCE