560s BC
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In the year 560 bce
Construction
Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon builds a high dam that is roughly 25 km (16 mi) long, joining the Tigris to the Euphrates and creating a giant lake behind it. It is an earth-filled dam lined with fired brick using mastic (bitumen and sand) mortar. The primary purpose of the lake is to act as a giant moat on one side of Babylon for defensive purposes. See also 280 bce Transportation.
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| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
| Centuries: | 7th century BC – 6th century BC – 5th century BC |
| Decades: | 590s BC 580s BC 570s BC – 560s BC – 550s BC 540s BC 530s BC |
| Years: | 569 BC 568 BC 567 BC 566 BC 565 BC 564 BC 563 BC 562 BC 561 BC 560 BC |
| Categories: | Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments |
Events and trends
- 568 BC—Amtalqa succeeds his brother Aspelta as king of Kush.
- 567 BC—Former pharaoh Apries invades Egypt with Babylonian help but is defeated by Saite pharaoh Amasis II (also known as Ahmose II).
- 567 BC-On 25 May Servius Tullius, king of Rome, celebrates a 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 as king of Babylon.
- 560 BC—Neriglissar succeeds Amel-Marduk as king of Babylon.
- 560 BC/561 BC—Croesus becomes king of Lydia.
- 560 BC—An aristocrat named Pisistratus seizes the Acropolis of Athens and declares himself tyrant. He is deposed in the same year.
- c. 560 BC—Calf bearer (Moscophoros), from the Acropolis, Athens, is made. It is now at Acropolis Museum, Athens.
Significant people
- 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, king of Neo-Babylonia
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