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appears in the evening sky, making its closest approach to Earth. Its next appearance occurs in 1997.
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became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
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Millennium
1st millennium BC
Centuries
7th century BC
6th century BC
5th century BC
Decades
560s BC
550s BC
540s BC
530s BC
520s BC
Years
543 BC
542 BC
541 BC
540 BC
539 BC
538 BC
537 BC

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