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530 BC| c. 900 BC–c. 500 BC | Central America [everyday life] | La Venta becomes the major centre of the second phase of Olmec civilization in Mexico. The site of San Lorenzo is abandoned, possibly in a violent overthrow of the local elite, or possibly for religious reasons. La Venta is a ceremonial or elite centre, supported by a large agricultural population. It has a large main pyramid in addition to smaller ones. | | c. 600 BC–c. 480 BC | Greece [sculpture] | The Greek Archaic period of sculpture is evident, a typical form being the kouros, a rigid freestanding nude. | | 530 BC | Magadha, India [Buddhism] | Siddhartha Gautama (later Gautama Buddha) leaves his life as a Bengal prince at the age of 30, and becomes an ascetic. | | c. 530 BC | Greece [ceramics] | The golden age of Athenian vase pottery begins, in which the pottery is distinguished by red figures, left in the natural colour of the clay, on black. The Greek vase painters Euphronius and Euthymides are working at this time. | | c. 530 BC | Greece [earth sciences] | Because it casts an arcuate shadow on the moon during eclipses, Pythagoras of Samos proposes that the Earth might be spherical. |
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