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1 Events
2 Significant persons
3 Inventions, discoveries, introductions
4 Decades and years
Events
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
Zen
Buddhists
enter
Vietnam
from
China
.
Buddhist
Jataka
stories are translated into
Persian
by order of the
Zoroastrian
king
Khosrau
.
Buddhism
introduced to
Japan
from
Baekje
(
Korea
) 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
.
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.
Significant persons
Pope Gregory the Great
(590-604)
Arthur
, defeated the
Anglo-Saxons
Justinian
,
Byzantine Emperor
(527-565)
Belisarius
, last great Roman general
Beowulf
, (fictional?)
king of the Geats
Jordanes
, author of the
Getica
.
Procopius
, a historian.
Inventions, discoveries, introductions
Backgammon
(
nard
) invented in
Persia
by Buzurgmihr
Chess
entered
Persia
from
India
and was modified
Heavy
plough
in use in Po Valley, Italy
Breast-strap horse harness in use in
Frankish
kingdom
Byzantine Empire
acquires silk technology from China
Decades and years
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