Inventions, Discoveries, Introductions
- First archaeological surveys of the Arabian peninsula by Babylonian King Nabonidus
- Sunshu Ao (孫叔敖), China's first hydraulic engineer, creates an enormous artificial reservoir by damming a river for a massive irrigation project while employed in the service of King Zhuang of Chu (died 591 BC)
- Lost-wax casting is spread to Ancient Greece
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