Solon
c. 630 BC – 560 BC · 70 years · Athens · Europe
One of the Seven Sages; abolished debt slavery and enacted reforms that laid the foundations of Athenian democracy.
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Contemporaries around the world
Europe
- Pythagoras — Greek philosopher and mathematician, 60 years younger
- Sappho — ancient Greek lyric poet, born the same year
Middle East
- Cyrus the Great — founder of the Achaemenid Empire, 30 years younger
- Nebuchadnezzar II — king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, 12 years older
- Thales of Miletus — philosopher and mathematician, 6 years younger
Asia
- Mahavira — spiritual teacher of Jainism, 31 years younger
The world in their lifetime
- 612 BC Fall of Nineveh — aged 18, Middle East
- 587 BC Destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar — aged 43, Middle East
- c. 563 BC Birth of the Buddha — aged 67, Asia