585 BC Millennium: 1st millennium BC Centuries: 7th century BC – 6th century BC – 5th century BC Decades: 610s BC 600s BC 590s BC – 580s BC – 570s BC 560s BC 550s BC Years: 588 BC 587 BC 586 BC – 585 BC – 584 BC 583 BC 582 BC Events[change | change source] King Jian becomes king of the Zhou Dynasty of China. Births[change | change source] Anaximenes of Miletus, Greek philosopher Pythagoras, Greek philosopher and mathematician