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6th century BC in architecture

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Buildings

Reconstruction of Ishtar Gate in the Pergamon Museum, Berlin

Dates approximate

575 – Ishtar Gate in Babylon constructed.
530 – Ennigaldi-Nanna's museum established
520 – Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens, begun (completed 132 CE).
515 – Construction of Persepolis, capital of the Achaemenid Empire, begins.
500:
- Temple of Athena (Paestum) in Campania constructed.
- The Magadha imperial capital of Pataliputra (modern day Patna) in the Indian Subcontinent is begun with construction of a small fort (Pāṭaligrama) near the Ganges.

References

Ruggeri, Amanda. "The Great Gate of Ishtar: A door to wonder". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 17 March 2019.