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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 Gustasp.
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 .
510 BC—Hippias , second son of Pisistratus and tyrant of Athens , is expelled by a popular revolt supported by Cleomenes I , King of Sparta and his forces.
510 BC—End of reign of Lucius Tarquinius Superbus , last king of the traditional seven Kings of Rome .
510 BC—Fall of the Roman Kingdom and establishment of the Roman Republic .
510 BC—Demaratus succeeds Ariston as king of Sparta . (approximate date)
510 BC—Defeat and destruction of Sybaris .
c. 510 BC–430 BC —Stelae were banned in Athenian cemeteries.
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