553 BC

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Year of the Earth Monkey戊申( at the beginning of the year fire - sheep丁未)

• Black-figure vase painting (since 630 BC)

Events

• The Persian king Cyrus II begins in the region of Harran with the conquest of Mederreichs.
• In the Babylonian calendar, the Babylonian New Year falls on the first Nisannu 31 March -1. April, the full moon in Nisannu on the 14th - 15th April and the first Tašritu on 23 -24. September.

Comments

• Year ( 6th century BC)
• 553 BC