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States and territories established in the 6th century BC

  • Achaemenid EmpireIn 550 BC, Cyrus the Great defeated the Median king Astyages and captured Ecbatana. This single event marked the birth of an empire that would stretch from…
  • Roman RepublicIn 509 BC, the Roman Senate expelled Tarquin the Proud after his son Sextus raped Lucretia. This event marked the end of seven kings who had ruled Rome for…
  • IranThe earliest known presence of hominins in Iran dates to around 800,000 BP. Middle Paleolithic sites have been discovered mainly in the Zagros Mountains.