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This article concerns the period '''569 BC – 560 BC'''.
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==Events and trends==
*[[569 BC]]—The 24th [[Jain]] ''[[Tirthankara]]'', [[Mahavira]], takes [[Diksha]].
*[[568 BC]]—[[Amtalqa]] succeeds his brother [[Aspelta]] as king of [[Kingdom of Kush|Kush]].
*[[567 BC]]—Former pharaoh [[Apries]] invades [[Egypt]] with Babylonian help but is defeated by [[Saite]] pharaoh [[Amasis II]] (also known as Ahmose II).
*[[25 May]], [[567 BC]]—[[Servius Tullius]], king of [[Ancient Rome|Rome]], celebrates a [[Roman triumph|triumph]] for his victory over the [[Etruscans]].
*[[566 BC]]—The first known [[Panathenaic Games]] of [[Ancient Greece]] are held in [[Athens]].
*[[562 BC]]—[[Amel-Marduk]] succeeds [[Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon|Nebuchadnezzar II]] as king of [[Neo-Babylonian Empire|Babylon]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sack |first=Ronald H. |title=Amel-Marduk: 562-560 B.C.; a study based on cuneiform, Old Testament, Greek, Latin and rabbinical sources |date=1972 |publisher=Butzon und Bercker |isbn=3-7666-8552-X |location=Kevelaer |oclc=641649}}</ref>
*[[561 BC]]—All eight planets of the [[Solar System]] as well as the dwarf planet [[Pluto]] fall into planetary alignment.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://curious.astro.cornell.edu/about-us/57-our-solar-system/planets-and-dwarf-planets/orbits/246-when-was-the-last-time-all-9-planets-were-aligned-beginner | title= When was the last time all of the planets were aligned? | author=Dave Kornreich | editor= Cornell | date=2015-07-01 | access-date= 2016-07-17}}</ref>
*561 BC/[[560 BC]]—[[Croesus]] becomes king of [[Lydia]] (?)
*560 BC—[[Neriglissar]] succeeds Amel-Marduk as king of Babylon.
*560 BC—An aristocrat named [[Peisistratos (Athens)|Pisistratus]] seizes the [[Acropolis]] of [[Athens, Greece|Athens]] and declares himself [[tyrant]]. He is deposed in the same year.
*c. 560 BC—The statue known as ''[[Kriophoros|The Calf Bearer]]'' (''[[Moschophoros]]''), from the [[Acropolis]], [[Athens]], is completed.

==Significant people==
*564 BC—Death of [[Aesop]], Greek fable-teller
*April 563 BC—Birth of [[Siddhartha Gautama]], later known as [[Gautama Buddha]], in [[Lumbini]], [[Nepal]]
*563 BC—Death of [[Queen Maya]], mother of [[Siddhartha Gautama]]
*562 BC—Death of [[Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon|Nebuchadnezzar]], king of the [[Neo-Babylonian Empire]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mark |first=Joshua J. |title=Nebuchadnezzar II |url=https://www.worldhistory.org/Nebuchadnezzar_II/ |access-date=2023-04-18 |website=World History Encyclopedia |language=en}}</ref>
*561 BC—Death of [[Jehoiachin]], the nineteenth king of Judah who reigned for 3 months.
*560 BC—Death of [[King Gong of Chu]], Chinese king of [[Chu (state)|Chu]]

==References==
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