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Stela from China , Northern Wei period, was built in the early 6th century.]]

The 6th century is the period from 501 - 600 in accordance with the Julian Calendar in the Christian Era .


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


• The monastery on Iona is founded by St. Columb


• Zen Buddhists enter Vietnam from China .


• Buddhist Jataka stories are translated into Persian by order of the Zoroastrian king Khosrau .


• 537: Battle Of Camlann , final battle of King Arthur


• 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 ( Plague Of Justinian ).


• Establishment of Karantania , first stable and independent state of Slovenians and of Slavs .


• The Kutriguri Bulgars move into modern Romania .


• Jew ish 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.


• Black Death raged over south east Asia.


• Silk Road farther into Europe.


• 589-618: Sui Dynasty of China


• Old Irish Language develops


• Old Dutch Language develops

SIGNIFICANT PERSONS

• Pope Gregory The Great (590-604)


• Arthur , defeated the Anglo-Saxon s


• Justinian , Byzantine Emperor (527-565)


• Khosrau I Of Persia , Sassanid king (531-579)


• Belisarius , last great Roman general


• Gregory Of Tours (c. 538-594?)


• Beowulf , (fictional?) King Of The Geats


• Jordanes , author of the Getica .


• Procopius , Byzantine historian.


• Bozorgmehr , Persian sage.


• Muhammad , prophet of Islam , born cca in 570 .


• Empress Suiko of Japan


• Taliesin , Welsh poet


• Abraham Kidunaia


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INVENTIONS, DISCOVERIES, INTRODUCTIONS

• Dionysius Exiguus creates the Anno Domini system, inspired by the alleged birth of Jesus , in 525 . This is the system upon which the Gregorian Calendar and Common Era systems are based.


• Backgammon (''nard'') invented in Persia by Burzoe


• Chess entered Persia from India and was modified


• Breast-strap Horse Harness in use in Frankish kingdom


• Byzantine Empire acquires silk technology from China


• Susrata, Vaghbata, Indian medical books

DECADES AND YEARS