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Upper Paleolithic
• 10th millennium BC | 9th millennium BC | 8th millennium BC
• 7th millennium BC | 6th millennium BC | 5th millennium BC

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The 5th century is the period from 401 to 500 in accordance with the Julian calendar in Anno Domini, the year of our Lord.

Overview

The Western Roman Empire is ruled by a succession of weak emperors, and true power falls increasingly into the hands of powerful generals.
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The 6th century is the period from 501 to 600 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian Era. This century is widely considered to mark the end of Classical Antiquity and the beginning of the Dark Ages.
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The 7th century is the period from 601 to 700 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian Era.

Overview

During this century, the Eastern Roman Empire continued suffering setbacks, which increased after the 630s, when the Arab prophet Muhammad militantly
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list of decades which have articles with more information about them.

During the twentieth century, it became popular to look at that century's decades as historical entities in themselves.
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Centuries: 5th century - 6th century - 7th century

490s 500s 510s - 520s - 530s 540s 550s
520 521 522 523 524
525 526 527 528 529

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Centuries: 5th century - 6th century - 7th century

500s 510s 520s - 530s - 540s 550s 560s
530 531 532 533 534
535 536 537 538 539

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Events and Trends

• 532 — Nika riots in Constantinople; the cathedral was destroyed.

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Centuries: 5th century - 6th century - 7th century

510s 520s 530s - 540s - 550s 560s 570s
540 541 542 543 544
545 546 547 548 549

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Centuries: 5th century - 6th century - 7th century

520s 530s 540s - 550s - 560s 570s 580s
550 551 552 553 554
555 556 557 558 559

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Centuries: 5th century - 6th century - 7th century

530s 540s 550s - 560s - 570s 580s 590s
560 561 562 563 564
565 566 567 568 569

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Centuries: 5th century - 6th century - 7th century

540s 550s 560s - 570s - 580s 590s 600s
570 571 572 573 574
575 576 577 578 579

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Events and Trends

• Birth of Muhammad, prophet of Islam

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Centuries: 5th century - 6th century - 7th century

550s 560s 570s - 580s - 590s 600s 610s
580 581 582 583 584
585 586 587 588 589

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This page indexes the individual years pages.

Twenty-first century

2100 - 2099 - 2098 - 2097 - 2096 - 2095 - 2094 - 2093 - 2092 - 2091

2090 - 2089 - 2088 - 2087 - 2086 - 2085 - 2084 - 2083 - 2082 - 2081

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6th century · 7th century
510s 520s 530s 540s 550s 560s 570s
545 546 547 548 549 550 551
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6th century · 7th century
510s 520s 530s 540s 550s 560s 570s
546 547 548 549 550 551 552
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6th century · 7th century
520s 530s 540s 550s 560s 570s 580s
547 548 549 550 551 552 553
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6th century · 7th century
520s 530s 540s 550s 560s 570s 580s
549 550 551 552 553 554 555
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6th century · 7th century
520s 530s 540s 550s 560s 570s 580s
550 551 552 553 554 555 556
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6th century · 7th century
520s 530s 540s 550s 560s 570s 580s
551 552 553 554 555 556 557
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China (Southern and Northern Dynasties) -

Liang Dynasty -

# Emperor Jianwen, Emperor of Liang (549-551)

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Gregorian calendar is the most widely used calendar in the world. A modification of the Julian calendar, it was first proposed by the Calabrian doctor Aloysius Lilius, and was decreed by Pope Gregory XIII, for whom it was named, on 24 February 1582 via the papal bull
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Ab Urbe condita (literally, "from the city, having been founded") is a monumental history of Rome, from its legendary founding (ab Urbe condita, dated to 753 BC by Varro and most modern scholars). The book was written by Titus Livius (around 59 BC–AD 17).
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Armenian calendar uses the Armenian numerals. It begins in AD 552 as the start of the Armenian era.

Dates are marked by the letters ԹՎ
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Buddhist calendar is used on mainland Southeast Asia in the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar (formerly Burma) and Sri Lanka in several related forms. It is a lunisolar calendar having months that are alternately 29 and 30 days, with an intercalated day and a 30-day
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Chinese calendar is a lunisolar calendar, incorporating elements of a lunar calendar with those of a solar calendar. In China today, the Gregorian calendar is used for most day to day activities, but the Chinese calendar is still used for marking traditional Chinese holidays such
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The Chinese sexagenary cycle (Chinese: 干支; Pinyin: gānzhī) is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles, the ten Heavenly Stems (天干;
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The Chinese sexagenary cycle (Chinese: 干支; Pinyin: gānzhī) is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles, the ten Heavenly Stems (天干;
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Coptic calendar, also called the Alexandrian calendar, is used by the Coptic Orthodox Church. This calendar is based on the ancient Egyptian calendar. To avoid the calendar creep of the latter, a reform of the ancient Egyptian calendar was introduced at the time of Ptolemy
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Ethiopian calendar (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ዘመን አቆጣጠር ye'Ītyōṗṗyā zemen āḳoṭaṭer), also called the
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Hebrew calendar (Hebrew: הלוח העברי‎) or Jewish calendar is the calendar used by Jews for religious purposes.
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