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596 BC

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Summary

596 BC is a year BC[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of year bc entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (24 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Follows: 597 BC[3]
  • Followed by: 595 BC[4]
  • Part of: 590s BC[5]
  • Point in time: January 1, 596 BC[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:596 BC[7]
  • Partially coincident with: Archonship of Telecles, 596/95 BCE[8]
  • Has list: Liste over statsledere i 596 f.Kr.[9]
  • Category for births in this time period: Category:596 BC births[10]
  • Category for deaths in this time period: Category:596 BC deaths[11]

Why It Matters

596 BC has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). 596 BC. Retrieved October 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/596-bc
MLA “596 BC.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/596-bc.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_596-bc_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{596 BC}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/596-bc}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-10}}
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  1. 16w ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-06-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:596 BC
    Has list → Liste over statsledere i 596 f.Kr.
    Category for births in this time period → Category:596 BC births
    Instance of → —
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||ary, eo */ import labels from sitelinks"
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