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The year '''568 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. In the [[Roman Empire]], it was known as '''year 186 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''. The denomination 568 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.
==Events==
* [[Amtalqa]] succeeds his brother [[Aspelta]] as king of [[Kingdom of Kush|Kush]].
The [[babylonians]] took over [[Jerusalem]]
and demolished the [[first temple]]<ref>history.com article on the history of israel</ref>
==Births==
[[Yan Zhengzai]]
==Deaths==
* [[Pittacus of Mytilene]], one of the [[Seven Sages of Greece]]
* [[Aspelta]], king of [[Kingdom of Kush|Kush]]
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