Sixth Century BC and Earlier
- 500s – 510s – 520s – 530s – 540s – 550s – 560s – 570s – 580s – 590s
- 600s – 610s – 620s – 630s – 640s – 650s – 660s – 670s – 680s – 690s
- 700s – 710s – 720s – 730s – 740s – 750s – 760s – 770s – 780s – 790s
- 800s – 810s – 820s – 830s – 840s – 850s – 860s – 870s – 880s – 890s
- 900s – 910s – 920s – 930s – 940s – 950s – 960s – 970s – 980s – 990s
- 1000s – 1010s – 1020s – 1030s – 1040s – 1050s – 1060s – 1070s – 1080s – 1090s
- 1100s – 1110s – 1120s – 1130s – 1140s – 1150s – 1160s – 1170s – 1180s – 1190s
- 13th century BC
- 14th century BC
- 15th century BC
- 16th century BC
- 17th century BC
- 18th century BC
- 19th century BC
- 20th century BC
- 4th and 3rd millennia BC
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