Olmec stone mask
c. 900-400 BC · Resource
A carved serpentine ceremonial mask in the distinctive Olmec style. It reflects the Olmec civilization, Mesoamerica's earliest major culture and the 'mother culture' that influenced the Maya and Aztec.
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Around 650 BCE
- Homer's Iliad and Odyssey (750 BCE)
- Gautama Buddha (563 BCE)
- Achaemenid Persian Empire (550 BCE)
- Confucius (551 BCE)
- Cyrus the Great (600 BCE)
- Babylonian Captivity of the Jews (586 BCE)
- Achaemenid Persian Empire founded (550 BCE)
- Destruction of Solomon's Temple (587 BCE)
- Laozi (571 BCE)
- Croesus introduces the first bimetallic coinage (550 BCE)