7th century
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6th century -
7th century -
8th century -
other centuries)
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Events
\n* Islam starts in Arabia, the Qur'an is written, and Arabs spread Islam into Syria, Iraq, Persia, Egypt, North Africa and Central Asia.\n* Sutton Hoo ship burial, East Anglia (modern England)\n* Xuan Zang (aka Hsuan-Tsang) travelled from China to India, before returning to Chang An in China to translate Buddhist scriptures.\n* End of sporadic Buddhist rule in the Sindh. \n* Serbs entered their present territory early in the 7th century AD, settling in six distinct tribal delimitations.
Significant persons
\n* Muhammad (570-622)\n* Gregory the Great (Pope, 590-604) \n* Emperor Taizong of Tang China\n* Saint Cuthbert
Inventions, discoveries, introductions
\n* The stirrup introduced to Persia from China, late 7th century\n* Earliest known record of the game Chatrang, predecessor to Chess
Decades and years
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