Chinese bronze bell (bianzhong)
c. 500-400 BC · Resource
A bronze ritual bell from a tuned set (bianzhong) of the Eastern Zhou period, played in court and ceremonial music. Such bells demonstrate the sophistication of Zhou-dynasty bronze casting.
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Around 450 BCE
- Persian invasions of Greece (490 BCE)
- Plato (428 BCE)
- Aristotle (384 BCE)
- Ramayana (500 BCE)
- Plato's Republic written (375 BCE)
- Mahabharata (400 BCE)
- Construction of the Parthenon (447 BCE)
- Parthenon (447 BCE)
- Peloponnesian War begins (431 BCE)
- Roman Republic founded (509 BCE)