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559 BC

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Millennium: 1st millennium BC
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559 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar559 BC
DLIX BC
Ab urbe condita195
Ancient Egypt eraXXVI dynasty, 106
- PharaohAmasis II, 12
Ancient Greek era55th Olympiad, year 2
Assyrian calendar4192
Balinese saka calendarN/A
Bengali calendar−1151
Berber calendar392
Buddhist calendar−14
Burmese calendar−1196
Byzantine calendar4950–4951
Chinese calendar辛丑年 (Metal Ox)
2139 or 1932
    — to —
壬寅年 (Water Tiger)
2140 or 1933
Coptic calendar−842 – −841
Discordian calendar608
Ethiopian calendar−566 – −565
Hebrew calendar3202–3203
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat−502 – −501
 - Shaka SamvatN/A
 - Kali Yuga2542–2543
Holocene calendar9442
Iranian calendar1180 BP – 1179 BP
Islamic calendar1216 BH – 1215 BH
Javanese calendarN/A
Julian calendarN/A
Korean calendar1775
Minguo calendar2470 before ROC
民前2470年
Nanakshahi calendar−2026
Thai solar calendar−16 – −15
Tibetan calendar阴金牛年
(female Iron-Ox)
−432 or −813 or −1585
    — to —
阳水虎年
(male Water-Tiger)
−431 or −812 or −1584

The year 559 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 195 Ab urbe condita.[1] The denomination 559 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.[2]

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  1. ^ Webster, Noah (1838). N. J. White (ed.). "An American dictionary of the English language; exhibiting the origin, orthography, pronunciation, and definitions of words". New York.
  2. ^ A. E. Redgate. encyklopedia (ed.). "Saint Bede". Retrieved 2016-07-16.
  3. ^ a b Richard N. Frye. Encyclopaedia Britannica (ed.). "Cyrus II King of Persia". Retrieved 2016-07-16.
  4. ^ Galil, Gershon (1996). E.J. Brill (ed.). The Chronology of the Kings of Israel and Judah. Leiden. ISBN 9004-10611-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ^ "Amitis Shahbanu". Retrieved 2016-07-16.