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550s BC
Centuries: 7th century BC - 6th century BC - 5th century BC
Events and Trends
Decades: 600s BC - 590s BC - 580s BC - 570s BC - 560s BC - 550s BC - 540s BC - 530s BC - 520s BC - 510s BC - 500s BC
Events and Trends
- Carthage conquers Sicily, Sardinia and Corsica
- 556 BC - Pisistratus expelled, makes fortune from Thracian mines
Significant People
- 556 BC - Birth of Simonides of Ceos, approximate date
- 555 BC - Death of Stesichorus, Greek lyric poet
- 551 BC - Birth of Confucius, philosopher
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