6th century
(
5th century —
6th century —
7th century —
other centuries)
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Events
\n* Irish colonists and invaders, the Scots, began migrating to Caledonia (later known as Scotland)\n*Glendalough monastery, Wicklow Ireland founded by St. Kevin\n*Zen Buddhists enter Vietnam from China.\n*Buddhist Jataka stories are translated into Persian by order of the Zoroastrian king Khosrau.\n*Buddhism introduced to Japan from Baekje (Korea) in 552, thus contributing to the changes that occurred in the Asuka period.\n*Outbreak of bubonic plague in Constantinople and the rest of the Roman Empire.\n*Establishment of Karantania, first stable and independent state of Slovenians and of Slavs.
Significant persons
\n* Pope Gregory the Great (590-604)\n* Arthur, defeated the Anglo-Saxons\n* Justinian, Byzantine Emperor (527-565)
Inventions, discoveries, introductions
\n* heavy plough in use in Po Valley, Italy\n* breast-strap horse harness in use in Frankish kingdom\n* Byzantine Empire acquires silk technology from China
Decades and years
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