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560s BC

Centuries: 7th century BC - 6th century BC - 5th century BC

Decades: 610s BC 600s BC 590s BC 580s BC 570s BC - 560s BC - 550s BC 540s BC 530s BC 520s BC 510s BC

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560 BC - Croesus becomes king of Lydia

Significant People

563 BC - Birth of Buddha in Lumbini, India.
560 BC - Birth of Nabu-rimanni in Babylonia, Chaldean astronomer and mathematician (+ 480 BC) (estimated date).

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