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6th century

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   Centuries:      5th century - 6th century - 7th century
     Decades: 500s 510s 520s 530s 540s 550s 560s 570s 580s 590s

   The 6th century is the period from 501 - 600 in accordance with the
   Julian calendar in the Christian Era.
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   6th century

Events

   This Buddhist stela from China, Northern Wei period, was built in the
   early 6th century.
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   This Buddhist stela from China, Northern Wei period, was built in the
   early 6th century.
     * The first academy of the east the Academy of Gundeshapur founded in
       Iran by Khosrau I of Persia.
     * Irish colonists and invaders, the Scots, began migrating to
       Caledonia (later known as Scotland)
     * Glendalough monastery, Wicklow Ireland founded by St. Kevin
     * The monastery on Iona is founded by St. Columban
     * Zen Buddhists enter Vietnam from China.
     * Buddhist Jataka stories are translated into Persian by order of the
       Zoroastrian king Khosrau.
     * 537: Battle of Camlann, final battle of King Arthur
     * Buddhism introduced to Japan from Baekje in 552, thus contributing
       to the changes that occurred in the Asuka period.
     * Outbreak of bubonic plague in Constantinople and the rest of the
       Roman Empire ( Plague of Justinian).
     * Establishment of Karantania, first stable and independent state of
       Slovenians and of Slavs.
     * The Kutriguri Bulgars move into modern Romania.
     * Jewish influence in Aksum.
     * Nubia is largely converted to Coptic Christianity.
     * The area of modern Aargau falls to the Franks.
     * The Kingdom of Funan dies out.
     * Black Death raged over south east Asia.
     * Silk Road farther into Europe.
     * 589-618: Sui Dynasty of China
     * Old Irish language develops
     * Old Dutch language develops

Significant persons

     * Pope Gregory the Great (590-604)
     * Arthur, defeated the Anglo-Saxons
     * Justinian, Byzantine Emperor (527-565)
     * Khosrau I of Persia, Sassanid king (531-579)
     * Belisarius, last great Roman general
     * Gregory of Tours (c. 538-594)
     * Beowulf, (fictional?) king of the Geats
     * Jordanes, author of the Getica.
     * Procopius, Byzantine historian.
     * Bozorgmehr, Persian sage.
     * Muhammad, prophet of Islam, born cca in 570.
     * Empress Suiko of Japan
     * Taliesin, Welsh poet
     * Abraham Kidunaia
     * Austell

Inventions, discoveries, introductions

     * Dionysius Exiguus creates the Anno Domini system, inspired by the
       alleged birth of Jesus, in 525. This is the system upon which the
       Gregorian calendar and Common Era systems are based.
     * Backgammon (nard) invented in Persia by Burzoe
     * Chess, as chaturanga, entered Persia from India and was modified to
       shatranj.
     * Breast-strap horse harness in use in Frankish kingdom
     * Byzantine Empire acquires silk technology from China
     * Vaghbata, Indian medical books

Decades and years

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   560s 560 561 562 563 564 565 566 567 568 569
   570s 570 571 572 573 574 575 576 577 578 579
   580s 580 581 582 583 584 585 586 587 588 589
   590s 590 591 592 593 594 595 596 597 598 599
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