The 5th century BC started the first day of 500 BC and ended the last day of 401 BC. This century saw the establishment of Pataliputra as a capital of...

the 5th century BC in classical Greece is generally considered as beginning in 500 BC and ending in 404 BC, though this is debated. This century is essentially...

447–432 BC – Modern Parthenon in Athens built by Ictinus and Callicrates under the direction of the sculptor Phidias. About 430 BC – Temple of Apollo Epicurius...

the 6th century BC – State leaders in the 4th century BC – State leaders by year This is a list of state leaders in the 5th century BC (500–401 BC). Carthage...

Mediterranean: Beginning of Greek philosophy, flourishes during the 5th century BC The late Hallstatt culture period in Eastern and Central Europe, the...

Mathematics (1903) is considered to mark the beginning of 20th-century philosophy. The 20th century also saw the increasing professionalization of the discipline...

University Press, 2005. Morrison, J.S. 1974. "Greek Naval Tactics in the 5th century BC." International Journal of Nautical Archaeology and Underwater Exploration...

Calamis (fl. 5th century BC) was a sculptor of ancient Greece. He was possibly from Boeotia, but nothing certain is known of his life although he is credited...

millennium BC, also known as the last millennium BC, was the period of time lasting from the years 1000 BC to 1 BC (10th to 1st centuries BC; in astronomy:...

BC) Critias (460 - 403 BC) Aristophanes (ca. 460 - 403 BC) Phrynichus (comic poet) (5th c. BC) Bimbisara, king of Magadha, hires poets to recite poems...

the Papyrus of Ani around 1240 BC, but other versions of the book probably date from about the 18th century BC. 2600 BC: Sumerian texts from Abu Salabikh...

The 5th millennium BC spanned the years (5000 BC - 4000 BC) (c. 7 ka to c. 6 ka), that is, inclusive of 5000 BC but exclusive of 4000 BC. It is impossible...

Asian Greek cities free. After peace was made with Persia in the mid-5th century BC, what started as an alliance of independent city-states became an Athenian...

Lysikles; died 428 BC) was an Athenian general and leader of the democratic faction in the city. He lived during the fifth century BC and possibly was a...

2nd century BC List of political entities in the 3rd century BC List of political entities in the 4th century BC List of political entities in the 5th century...

Egypt. In the 5th century BC, Arcadian soldiers fought for Xerxes I in 480 when he led the Persian invasion of Greece. Later in the century, many Greek...

the 5th century BC – State leaders in the 3rd century BC – State leaders by year This is a list of state leaders in the 4th century BC (400–301 BC). Carthage...

India and written in Sanskrit. See: List of political entities in the 4th century BC. Shi Ji, chapter 4 Siculus, Diodorus. "37". Library. Vol. XX. Watts, Sue...

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the 7th century BC – State leaders in the 5th century BC – State leaders by year This is a list of state leaders in the 6th century BC (600–501 BC). Carthage...

constructions. 5th century BC: The earliest documented mention of a spherical Earth comes from the Greeks in the 5th century BC. It is known that the...

millennium BC, Eglon of Moab by Ehud 1155 BC Ramesses III of New Kingdom of Egypt from a neck wound inflicted by conspirators 11th century BC Agag of Amalek...

(1st century BC)[d] Agastya,(c.1000 BCE) Alcibiades, (c. 450-404 BC) Alcmaeon of Croton, (5th century BC)[b][c][d][e] Anacharsis, (6th century BC) Anaxagoras...

cultures such as the Upper Xiajiadian. Several Ordos artifacts from the 6-5th century BC reflect a nomadic culture based on the chariot rather than the mounted...

early as 500 BC. 485 BC: Catapult by Ajatashatru in Magadha, India. 485 BC: Scythed chariot by Ajatashatru in Magadha, India. 5th century BC: Cast iron...

Mediterranean in the 5th century BC had been Athens and Sparta. The defeat of Athens by Sparta resulted in Spartan hegemony in the early 4th century BC. Sparta's...

The 8th millennium BC spanned the years 8000 BC to 7001 BC (c. 10 ka to c. 9 ka). In chronological terms, it is the second full millennium of the current...

There are two main types of neck amphorae: the Nolan amphora (late 5th century BC), named for its type site, Nola near Naples, and the Tyrrhenian amphora...

survives. Most, if not all, of our knowledge of Oedipus, comes from the 5th century BC. Though these stories principally deal with his downfall, various details...

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