Kumarajiva, a Buddhist monk and translator of sutras into Chinese, arrives in Chang'an.

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Suebi establish the first independent Christian kingdom of Western Europe in Gallaecia.

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– 455: Kumaragupta, Gupta emperor.

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The Jin dynasty comes to an end by Liu Yu.

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– 589: Northern and Southern dynasties in China.

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First Council of Ephesus, the third ecumenical council which upholds the title Theotokos or "mother of God", for Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ.

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Several stone inscriptions are made witness to edicts from West Java. Amongst others, the Tugu inscription announces decrees of Purnavarman, the King ...

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Council of Chalcedon, the fourth ecumenical council which taught of Jesus Christ as one divine person in two natures.

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Pope Leo I meets in person with Attila on the Mincio River and convinces him not to ransack Rome.

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Death of Attila. The Hunnic Empire is divided between Attila's sons.

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– 467: Skandagupta, the last great Gupta emperor.

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Deposition of Romulus Augustulus by Odoacer: traditional date for the Fall of Rome in the West.

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or 495: Chan Buddhists found the Shaolin Monastery on Mount Song in Henan, China.

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Clovis I becomes King of the Western Franks upon the death of Childeric I.

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Territory of modern Ukraine is established in Kiev.

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Theodoric the Great ousts Odoacer to become King of Italy.

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Northern Gaul is united under the Frankish King Clovis I, founder of the Merovingian dynasty.

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Battle of Tolbiac. King Clovis subjugates the Alamanni, and is baptized Christian with a large number of Franks by Remigius, bishop of Reims.

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Chinese annals mentioned the existence of the Buddhist Kingdom, Kanto Lim in South Sumatra, presumably in the neighborhood of present-day Palembang.

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Eastern Roman Emperor Anastasius I dies and is succeeded by Justin I.

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Having settled in Rome c. 500, Scythian monk Dionysius Exiguus invents the Anno Domini era calendar based on the estimated birth year of Jesus Christ.

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Justinian I succeeds Justin I as Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire.

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Saint Benedict of Nursia founds the monastery of Monte Cassino in Italy.

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579: Reign of Persian Shah Khosrau I.

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Nubian Kingdom of Nobatia converts to Christianity.

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Kingdom of Funan dies out.

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Bumin Khagan founded the Turkic Khaganate in Central Asia

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Buddhism introduced to Japan from Baekje during the Asuka period.

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Second Council of Constantinople

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to 592: Buddhist monk Jnanagupta translates 39 sutras from Sanskrit to Chinese.

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The monastery on Iona is founded by St. Columba.

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Birth of Lǐ Yuān, founder of the Tang dynasty and Emperor of China under the name of Gaozu (618-626)

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Nubian kingdom of Alodia converts to Christianity.

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Birth of the last Islamic Prophet Muhammad.

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590: Reign of Persian Shah Hormizd IV.

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602: Reign of Roman Emperor Maurice.

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Reccared, king of the Visigoths in Spain, converts to Catholicism.

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Shivadeva ascends the throne of the Lichchhavi dynasty in Nepal.

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China reunified under the Sui dynasty (589 – 618).

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Third Council of Toledo adds the "filioque" clause to the Nicene Creed in Spain.

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Bahram Chobin usurps the Persian throne.

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Gregory the Great succeeds Pope Pelagius II (who dies of plague) as the 64th pope.

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Khosrau II is restored as the Shah of Persia.

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Pope Gregory sends Roman monks led by Augustine to England.

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The Third Chinese domination of Vietnam starts following the collapse of the Early Lý dynasty.

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Last mention of the Roman Senate in Gregorian Register. It mentions that the senate acclaimed the statues of emperor Phocas and empress Leontia.

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Pope Boniface III elected to the papacy on the death of Pope Sabinian. He sought and obtained a decree from Byzantine Emperor Phocas which stated tha...

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Hōryū-ji temple believed to have been completed in Ikaruga, Japan.

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Heraclius arrives by ship from Roman Carthage at Constantinople, overthrows Eastern Roman Emperor Phocas and becomes Emperor. His first major act is ...

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Tang dynasty of China do initiated by Li Yuan.

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The Chenla kingdom completely absorbed Funan.

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Year one of the Islamic calendar begins, during which the Hijrah occurs—Muhammad and his followers emigrate from Mecca to Medina in September.

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The Frankish merchant Samo, supporting the Slavs fighting their Avar rulers, becomes the ruler of the first known Slav state in Central Europe.

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649: Alopen, a Persian Christian priest, introduces Nestorian Christianity into China.

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Emperor Taizong (627-649) issues an edict of universal toleration of religions; Nestorian Christians build a church in Chang'an.

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The Coptic period, in its more specific definition, ends when Islam is introduced into Egypt.

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683: Chinese Emperor Gaozong permits establishment of Christian monasteries in each of 358 prefectures.

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Emperor Yazdegerd III is murdered in Merv, ending the rule of Sassanid dynasty in Persia.

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661: The First Fitna occurs.

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Caliph Ali ibn Abi Talib is assassinated. His successor Hasan ibn Ali abdicated the Caliphate to Muawiyah I, marking the beginning of the Umayyad Cali...

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I-tsing visited Srivijaya and Malayu in Sumatra and Kedah in Malay peninsula on his way to Nalanda, India.

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Battle of Karbala took place near Kufa, which resulted in the death of Husayn ibn Ali and the division of Muslim community.

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Bulgaria is recognized as independent country by the Byzantine Empire.

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Revival of the Turkic Khaganate by the efforts of Ilterish Qaghan and Tonyukuk

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Dapunta Hyang Sri Jayanasa performed Siddhayatra as the journey to expand his influence. The event mentioned in several inscriptions such as Telaga Ba...

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685: The Second Fitna.

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Pro-Buddhist imperial consort Wu Zetian seizes power and rules as Empress of China.

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Buddhism is made the state religion of China.

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North–South States Period begins in Korea.

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Active but unofficial anti-Christian persecution begins in China

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