6th century
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[[Image:The world in 500 CE.PNG|thumb|300px|The world at the beginning of the 6th century AD.]]
[[Image:East-Hem 600ad.jpg|thumb|300px|Eastern Hemisphere at the end of the 6th century AD.]]
The '''6th century''' is the period from [[501]] to [[600]] in accordance with the [[Julian calendar]] in the [[Christian Era|Christian]]/[[Common Era]]. This century is widely considered to mark the end of [[Classical Antiquity]] and the beginning of the [[Dark Ages]].
== Overview ==
Following the collapse of the [[Western Roman Empire]] late in the previous century, Europe fractured into many small Germanic Kingdoms, which competed fiercely for land and wealth. From this upheaval the [[Franks]] rose to prominence, and carved out a sizeable domain encompassing much of modern France and Germany. Meanwhile, the surviving [[Eastern Roman Empire]] began to expand under the emperor [[Justinian]], who eventually recaptured North Africa from the [[Vandals]], and attempted to fully recover Italy as well in the hope of re-establishing Roman control over the lands once ruled by the [[Western Roman Empire]]. Following Justinian's death, most of his gains were lost.
The [[Sassanid Empire]] reached the peak of its power under [[Khosrau I]] in the 6th century. <ref>Roberts, J: "History of the World.". Penguin, 1994.</ref>
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== Events ==
[[Image:Buddhist Stela Northern Wei period.jpg|thumb|right|180px|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]].
* [[Ireland|Irish]] colonists and invaders, the Scots, began migrating to [[Caledonia]] (later known as [[Scotland]]). Migration from south-west Britain to Brittany.
* [[Glendalough]] [[monastery]], [[Wicklow]] [[Ireland]] founded by [[Kevin of Glendalough|St. Kevin]]. Many similar foundations in Ireland and Wales.
* The monastery on [[Iona]] is founded by [[Columba|St. Columban]]
* [[Zen]] [[Buddhism|Buddhists]] enter [[Vietnam]] from [[China]].
* Buddhist [[Jataka]] stories are translated into [[Persian language|Persian]] by order of the [[Zoroastrian]] king [[Khosrau I of Persia|Khosrau]].
* [[518]] - Roman Emperor [[Anastasius I (emperor)|Anastasius I]] dies and is succeeded by [[Justin I]].
* [[527]] — [[Justinian I]] succeeds [[Justin I]] as [[Emperor]] of the [[Eastern Roman Empire]].
* [[529]] — Saint [[Benedict of Nursia]] founds the monastery of [[Monte Cassino]] in [[Italy]].
* [[532]] — [[Nika riots]] in [[Constantinople]]; the cathedral is destroyed. They are put down a sennight later by [[Belisarius]] and [[Mundus]]; up to 30,000 people are killed in the [[Hippodrome of Constantinople|Hippodrome]].
* [[535]] - Possible volcanic eruption causes several years of abnormally cold weather, resulting in mass famine.
* [[537]]: [[Battle of Camlann]], final battle of [[King Arthur]]
* c.[[538]]-[[540]] - First Pandemic of [[bubonic plague]] hits [[Byzantine Empire]].
* [[Buddhism]] introduced to [[Japan]] from [[Baekje]] in [[552]], thus contributing to the changes that occurred in the [[Asuka period]].
* [[554]], Eviction of the [[Ostrogoths]] from Rome, and the re-unification of all Italy under Imperial rule. <ref>Roberts, J: "History of the World.". Penguin, 1994.</ref>
* Outbreak of [[bubonic plague]] in [[Constantinople]] and the rest of the [[Byzantine Empire]] ([[Plague of Justinian]]).
* The [[Kutrigur]] [[Bulgars]] move into modern [[Romania]].
* [[Jew]]ish influence in [[Aksum]].
* [[Nubia]] is largely converted to [[Coptic Christianity]].
* The area of modern [[Aargau]] falls into 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 Low Franconian|Old Dutch]] [[language]] develops
* [[Abraha]] attacks [[Kaaba]] in [[Mecca]] (''circa'' [[571]])
* [[590]], [[Pope Gregory I]] succeeds [[Pope Pelagius II]] as the 64th pope.
== Significant persons ==
* [[Muhammad]], prophet of [[Islam]], born in [[570]].
* [[Pope Gregory I|Pope Gregory the Great]] (590–604)
* [[King Arthur|Arthur]], (fictional?) defeated the [[Anglo-Saxons]]
* [[Justinian I|Justinian]], [[Byzantine Emperor]] (527–565)
* [[Khosrau I of Persia]], [[Sassanid]] king (531–579)
* [[Belisarius]], [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] general.
* [[Gregory of Tours]] (c. 538–594)
* [[Beowulf (character)|Beowulf]], (fictional?) [[king of the Geats]]
* [[Jordanes]], author of the [[Getica]].
* [[Procopius]], Byzantine historian.
* [[Burzoe|Bozorgmehr]], [[Persian people|Persian]] sage.
* [[Empress Suiko]] of Japan
* [[Taliesin]], Welsh poet
* [[Abraham Kidunaia]]
* [[Austell (person)|Austell]]
* [[Yasodharman]], king of [[Malwa]] in [[India]], defeats the [[Huns]].
== Inventions, discoveries, introductions ==
* [[Dionysius Exiguus]] creates the [[Anno Domini]] system, inspired by the birth of [[Jesus]], in [[525]]. This is the system upon which the [[Gregorian calendar]] and [[Common Era]] systems are based.
* [[Backgammon]] (''nard'') invented in [[Iran|Persia]] by [[Burzoe]]
* [[Chess]], as [[chaturanga]], entered [[Iran|Persia]] from [[India]] and was modified to [[shatranj]].
* [[Breast-strap horse harness]] in use in [[Franks|Frankish]] kingdom
* [[Byzantine Empire]] acquires silk technology from China
* Vaghbata, Indian medical books
* In [[589]] AD, the Chinese scholar-official Yan Zhitui makes the first reference to the use of [[toilet paper]] in history.
*Significant to the [[History of agriculture#Chinese agriculture|history of agriculture]], the Chinese author Jia Sixia wrote the treatise ''Chi Min Yao Shu'' in [[535]], and although it quotes 160 previous Chinese [[agronomy]] books, it is the oldest existent Chinese agriculture treatise. In over one hundred thousand written [[Chinese characters]], the book covered land preparation, seeding, cultivation, orchard management, forestry, animal husbandry, trade, and culinary uses for crops.
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