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General

Population: Perhaps 100 million*

• Religion: End of jewish captivity (538 - 536 BC)
  Death of Taoist leader Lao Tzu (531 BC)
• Warfare: Persia defeats Babylon and takes Phoenicia and Judah (539 BC)
  Greeks defeat Carthaginians (539 BC)
• Deaths: Servius Tullius King of Rome (535 BC)
  Lao Tzu (founder of Taoism) (531 BC), Cyrus of Persia (in battle) 530 BC

Europe

• Greece: Milo of Crotona becomes six-time champion of Olympics (536 BC)
  Red-figure pottery invented in Athens (530 BC)
• Italian States: Death of King Servius tullius (535 BC)
  Tarquinius Superbus becomes last king of Rome (Tarquin the Proud) to 510 (534 BC)

Middle East

• General: Persia conquers Babylonia - Cyrus over Belshazzar - fire destroys thousands in Babylon plus hanging gardens (539 - 538 BC)
• Iran: End of Kingdom of Elam (539 BC)
• Judaea: Cyrus frees the Jews - they begin to return (538 - 536 BC)
• Persia: Cyrus frees the Jews in Babylon (536 BC)
  Death of Cyrus of Persia in battle and son Cambyses II rules (530 BC)