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 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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The 8th century is the period from 701 to 800 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian Era.

Overview

During this century the Middle East, the coast of North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula comes rapidly under Islamic Arab domination.
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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

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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Events and Trends

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

560s 570s 580s - 590s - 600s 610s 620s
590 591 592 593 594
595 596 597 598 599

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Events and Trends

• 590, Pope Gregory I succeeds Pope Pelagius II as the 64th pope.

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Centuries: 6th century - 7th century - 8th century

570s 580s 590s - 600s - 610s 620s 630s
600 601 602 603 604
605 606 607 608 609

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Events and Trends

• World population grows to about 208 million.

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Centuries: 6th century - 7th century - 8th century

580s 590s 600s - 610s - 620s 630s 640s
610 611 612 613 614
615 616 617 618 619

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Centuries: 6th century - 7th century - 8th century

590s 600s 610s - 620s - 630s 640s 650s
620 621 622 623 624
625 626 627 628 629

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Events and Trends

• 627 — The Roman-Persian Wars end.

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Centuries: 6th century - 7th century - 8th century

600s 610s 620s - 630s - 640s 650s 660s
630 631 632 633 634
635 636 637 638 639

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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
560s 570s 580s 590s 600s 610s 620s
596 597 598 599 600 601 602
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6th century · 7th century
570s 580s 590s 600s 610s 620s 630s
597 598 599 600 601 602 603
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7th century · 8th century
570s 580s 590s 600s 610s 620s 630s
598 599 600 601 602 603 604
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7th century · 8th century
570s 580s 590s 600s 610s 620s 630s
600 601 602 603 604 605 606
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7th century · 8th century
570s 580s 590s 600s 610s 620s 630s
601 602 603 604 605 606 607
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7th century · 8th century
570s 580s 590s 600s 610s 620s 630s
602 603 604 605 606 607 608
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Mayas - Yohl Iknal, Ruler of Palenque (583-604)

Asia

• Chalukyas - Mangalesa, Chalukya ruler (597-609)
• China (Sui Dynasty) - Wendi, Emperor of China (581-617)
• Japan (Asuka Period) - Suiko, Empress of Japan (593-628)
• Korea

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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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