600 BCE
Society
Lydia
Minted coinage
Lydia strikes standardised electrum coins stamped with state authority.
Why it mattered
Money became a state-guaranteed object, not a weighed commodity.
Antiquity
600 BCE
2 recorded milestones at this point in the record.
c. 600 BCE
Medicine
South Asia
Sushruta's surgical compendium
Indian surgeons described cataract couching, rhinoplasty and hundreds of instruments.
Why it mattered
The foundation of reconstructive surgery.
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