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Period: 624 BCE to 546 BCE
Life of Thales of Miletu
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600 BCE
Life of Buddha, Confucius, Laozi
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600 BCE
Rise of Tyrants
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Period: 600 BCE to 300 BCE
Emergence of Greek Rationalism
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Period: 586 BCE to 539 BCE
Jewish exile in Babylon
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Period: 580 BCE to 495 BCE
Life of Pythagoras
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Period: 490 BCE to 480 BCE
The Persian War
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488 BCE
Rise of Democracy
In 488 BCE the first ostracism of an Athenian politician, democracy is now the form of government. -
Period: 484 BCE to 425 BCE
Life of Herodotus
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Period: 469 BCE to 399 BCE
Life of Socrates
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Period: 460 BCE to 370 BCE
Life of Democritus
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Period: 429 BCE to 347 BCE
Life of Plato
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390 BCE
The creation of The Republic
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Period: 384 BCE to 322 BCE
Life of Aristotle
