Cyaxares. This leads to a truce. This is one of the cardinal dates from which other dates can be calculated. 585 BC/584 BC: Astyages succeeds Cyaxares as King of the Medes. 585 BC: King Jian of Zhou becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty. 583 BC: The Babylonians begin a siege against Tyre. 582 BC: Pythian Games founded at Delphi (traditional date). 580 BC: Cambyses I succeeds Cyrus I as King of Anshan and head of the Achaemenid dynasty (approximate date). 580 BC: Isthmian Games founded at Corinth (traditional date) 570s BC 579 BC: Servius Tullius succeeds the assassinated Lucius Tarquinius Priscus as King of Rome (traditional date). 573 BC: Nemean Games founded at Nemea (traditional date). 572 BC: Death of King Jian of Zhou, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China. 571 BC: King Ling of Zhou becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China. 570 BC: Amasis II succeeds Apries as King of Egypt. 570 BC: Pythagoras of Samos is born (approximate date). 570 BC: End of the Babylonian siege against the city of Tyre with a partial victory by the Babylonians. It was the longest siege of the city in history, lasting 13 years. 560s BC 568 BC: Amtalqa succeeds his brother Aspelta as King of Kush. 562 BC: Amel-Marduk succeeds Nebuchadnezzar as King of Babylon. 560 BC: Neriglissar succeeds Amel-Marduk as King of Babylon. 561 BC/560 BC: Croesus becomes King of Lydia. 560 BC: Pisistratus seizes the Acropolis of Athens and declares himself tyrant. He is deposed in the same year. 550s BC 550s BC: Carthage conquers Sicily, Sardinia and Corsica. 559 BC: King Cambyses I of Anshan dies and is succeeded by his son Cyrus II the Great. 558 BC: Hegesias removed as Archon of Athens. 558 BC: The Chinese state of Jin defeats its rival Qin in battle. 556 BC: Pisistratus is exiled from Athens to Euboea. 556 BC: Labashi-Marduk succeeds Neriglissar as King of Babylon. 556 BC/555 BC: Nabonidus succeeds Labashi-Marduk as King of Babylon. 550 BC: Abdera is destroyed by the Thracians. 550 BC: Cyrus II the Great overthrows Astyages of the Medes, establishing the Persian Empire. 550 BC: The Late Mumun Period begins in the Korean peninsula. 540s BC 547 BC: Croesus, Lydian King, is defeated by Cyrus of Persia near the River Halys. 546 BC: Cyrus of Persia completes his conquest of Lydia, and makes Pasargadae his capital. 544 BC: Bimbisara