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Emperor Jimmu

711 BC – 585 BC

Monarch, Emperor of Japan

Emperor Jimmu (神武天皇, Jinmu Tennō; Japanese pronunciation: [dʑiꜜm.mɯ (ten.noː), dʑim.mɯ ten.noꜜː]) was the legendary first emperor of Japan according to the Niho…

Psamtik II

7th century BC – 589 BC

Statesperson

Psamtik II (Ancient Egyptian: Nfr-jb-Rꜥ Psmṯk, pronounced Psamāṯək), known by the Graeco-Romans as Psammetichus or Psammeticus, was a king of the Saite-based Tw…

Necho II

7th century BC – 595 BC

Monarch

Necho II (sometimes Nekau, Neku, Nechoh, or Nikuu; Greek: Νεκώς Β'; Hebrew: נְכוֹ, Modern: Neḵō, Tiberian: Nəḵō) of Egypt was a king of the 26th Dynasty (610–59…

Jeconiah

616 BC – 597 BC

Ruler

Jeconiah (Biblical Hebrew: יְכָנְיָה, romanized: Yəḵonəyā [jəxonjɔː] meaning "Yahweh has established"; Greek: Ἰεχονίας; Latin: Iechonias, Jechonias), also known…

Jehoiakim

634 BC – 598 BC

Ruler

Jehoiakim (also sometimes spelled Jehoikim; c. 632 BC – 598 BC) was the eighteenth and third-from-last King of Judah from 609 to 598 BC. He was the second son o…

Anacharsis

7th century BC – 6th century BC

Philosopher, Politician

Anacharsis (; Ancient Greek: Ἀνάχαρσις, romanized: Anákharsis) was a Scythian prince and philosopher of uncertain historicity who lived in the 6th century BC.…

Arion

7th century BC – 6th century BC

Poet, Writer, Dithyrambic poet, Citharode, Musician

Arion (; Ancient Greek: Ἀρίων) was a kitharode in ancient Greece, a Dionysiac poet credited with inventing the dithyramb. The islanders of Lesbos claimed him as…

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Arsames

— – 6th century BC

Sovereign

Arsames (Old Persian: 𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎠𐎶 Aršāma, modern Persian:،آرسام، آرشام‎ Arshām, Greek: Ἀρσάμης) was the son of Ariaramnes and the grandfather of Darius I. He was…

Draco

650s BC – 600s BC

Legislator

Draco was the first legislator of Athens in Ancient Greece according to Athenian tradition and was active about 625 to 600 BC. He replaced the system of oral l…

Epimenides

7th century BC – 6th century BC

Writer, Philosopher, Poet, Pre-Socratic philosophy

Epimenides of Crete (; Ancient Greek: Ἐπιμενίδης) was a semi-mythical 7th- or 6th-century BC Greek seer and philosopher-poet, from Knossos or Phaistos. Source:…

Habakkuk

626 BC – 6th century BC

Prophet

Habakkuk, or Habacuc, who was active around 612 BC, was a prophet whose oracles and prayer are recorded in the Book of Habakkuk, the eighth of the collected twe…

Hipponax

6th century BC – 6th century BC

Poet

Hipponax (; Ancient Greek: Ἱππῶναξ; gen. Ἱππώνακτος; fl. late 6th century BCE), of Ephesus and later Clazomenae, was an Ancient Greek iambic poet who composed v…

Ibycus

6th century BC – 6th century BC

Writer, Poet

Ibycus (; Ancient Greek: Ἴβυκος; fl. 2nd half of 6th century BC) was an Ancient Greek lyric poet, a citizen of Rhegium in Magna Graecia, probably active at Samo…

Maya

6th century BC – 6th century BC

Consort

Maya (; Devanagari: माया, IAST: māyā), also known as Mahāmāyā and Māyādevī, was Queen of Shakya and the mother of Siddhartha Gautama, better known as the Buddha…

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Mimnermus

670 BC – 6th century BC

Elegist, Epigrammatist, Musician, Poet

Mimnermus (Ancient Greek: Μίμνερμος Mímnermos) was a Greek elegiac poet from either Colophon or Smyrna in Ionia, who flourished about 632–629 BC (i.e. in the 37…

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Philip I of Macedon

7th century BC – 6th century BC

Sovereign

Philip I (Greek: Φίλιππος, romanized: Philippos; fl. c. 593 BC) was king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon. He was a member of the Argead dynasty and son…

Tomyris

6th century BC – 6th century BC

Ruler, Military leader

Tomyris (; Saka: *Taumuriyah; Ancient Greek: Τόμυρις, romanized: Tómuris; Latin: Tomyris) also called Thomyris, Tomris, or Tomiride, was a 6th-century BC queen…

Alcman

— – 7th century BC

Poet, Writer, Composer, School teacher

Alcman (; Ancient Greek: Ἀλκμάν Alkmán; fl. 7th century BC) was an Ancient Greek choral lyric poet from Sparta. He is the earliest representative of the Alexand…

Nabopolassar

— – 605 BC

Sovereign

Nabopolassar (Neo-Babylonian Akkadian: 𒀭𒉺𒀀𒉽, romanized: Nabû-apla-uṣur, meaning "Nabu, protect the son") was the founder and first king of the Neo-Babylonia…

Psamtik I

— – 610 BC

Statesperson

Wahibre Psamtik I (Ancient Egyptian: Wꜣḥ-jb-Rꜥ Psmṯk) was the first pharaoh of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt, the Saite period, ruling from the city of Sais…