510s BC

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  • 519 BC—Zhou Jing Wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
  • c. 518 BC—Darius I began construction of Parsa (Persepolis).
  • 518 BC—Construction of Apadana (audience hall) of Darius and Xerxes, ceremonial complex, at Persepolis, Iran started.
  • 516 BC—Indian subcontinent—Occupation of Punjab is completed by the Persian King Darius I.
  • February 25, 516 BC—Construction is completed on the Temple in Jerusalem.
  • c. 515 BC—Euphronios makes Death of Sarpedon, red-figure decoration on a calyx krater. Euxitheos is a potter. It is now at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
  • 514 BC—King Helü of Wu ascends to the throne of Wu in China during the Zhou Dynasty. He established the "Great City of Helu", the ancient name for Suzhou, as his capital.
  • 514 BC—Darius I led his Persian army over the Bosphorus and campaigns unsuccessfully against the Scythians on the Danube.
  • 513 BC—Darius the Great subdues the Getae and east Thrace in his war against the Scythians.
  • c. 513 BC—Western India becomes the Persian satrapy of Hindush, which included the valley of the Indus River.
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