6th century BC in architecture
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Buildings
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Dates approximate
- 575 – Ishtar Gate in Babylon constructed.{{cite web |last1=Ruggeri |first1=Amanda |title=The Great Gate of Ishtar: A door to wonder |url=http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20150302-ancient-babylons-greatest-wonder |website=www.bbc.com |access-date=17 March 2019 |language=en}}
- 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.