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570 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. | | 570 BC | Egypt, Greece [wars] | The Egyptian pharaoh Apries tries to help the Libyans to destroy the Greek city of Cyrene in north Africa but fails and is deposed by the army, which mutinies. After a short civil war, Ahmose II, an Egyptian army general, is elected king of Egypt. Egypt prospers under his reign, during which he marries a Cyrenean, develops the delta town of Naucratis as a (mainly Greek) port, and acquires a reputation for being philhellenic. | | 570 BC | Greece [wars] | The Greek city-state of Athens finally succeeds in winning the island of Salamis from Megara, the city-state between Athens and Corith. The young politician Pisistratus makes his name on the expedition. | | 570 BC | Greece [philosophy] | Greek astronomer and philosopher Anaximander of Miletus continues the work of the Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus and his speculation on ultimate reality, in On the Nature of Things. | | c. 570 BC | Greece [births and deaths] | Cleithenes of Athens, statesman and magistrate of Athens (525–524 BC), who founded Athenian democracy, born (–c. 508 BC). |
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