600s (decade)

Summary

The 600s decade ran from January 1, 600, to December 31, 609.

Events

600

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  • The first of the Japanese embassies to Imperial China is sent (approximate date).[citation needed]
  • The Persians begin to use windmills for irrigation (approximate date).
  • Namri Songtsen becomes the new king of Tibet (approximate date).
  • Chaturanga is played in its current form in India (approximate date).
  • Yangdi, a Sui emperor, extends the Grand Canal. He reportedly assumes power by poisoning his father. Ma Shu-mou, aka Mahu, was one of the canal overseers and was said to have eaten a steamed 2-year-old child each day he worked on the canal. On completion the canal extended for 1,100 miles. 5.5 million people were pressed into service to complete the 1,550 mile canal.
  • Quill pens, made from the outer feathers of crows and other large birds, became popular. The first books are printed in China.
  • The oldest inscription in Mon language dated from 600 AD. later found at Wat Phorang, Thailand.
  • Mu becomes king of the Korean kingdom of Baekje.[7]
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  • The population of the Earth rises to about 208 million people (approximate date).

601

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  • Food production increases in northern and Western Europe as a result of agricultural technology introduced by the Slavs, who employ a lightweight plow with a knife blade (coulter), that cuts deep into the soil at grassroots level, together with a shaped board, or "moldboard", that moves the cut soil to one side.
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602

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  • Emperor Maurice succeeds in winning over the Avars to Byzantine rule, but his campaigns against the Avars, Lombards, Persians and Slavs drain the imperial treasury, requiring an increase in taxes. He orders the troops to stay for winter beyond the Danube, but a mutiny breaks out under Phocas. He brings the Byzantine forces back over the Danube and marches on to Constantinople.[11]
  • November 27 – A civil war breaks out and Phocas enters Constantinople. Maurice is captured trying to escape; he is forced to witness the slaughter of his five sons and all his supporters, and is then executed (beheaded) after a 20-year reign. His wife, Constantina, and his three daughters are spared, and sent to a monastery. Phocas is proclaimed the new emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
  • Byzantine–Persian War: King Khosrau II launches an offensive against Constantinople, to avenge Maurice's death, his "friend and father", and tries to reconquer Byzantine territory. Narses, governor of Upper Mesopotamia, rebels against Phocas at the city of Edessa and requests aid from the Persians. Khosrau sends an expeditionary force to Armenia and crosses the Euphrates.
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603

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604

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605

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606

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607

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608

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609

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References edit

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  7. ^ a b "List of Rulers of Korea". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
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  9. ^ Roger Collins, "Visigothic Spain 409–711", (Blackwell Publishing,2004, p.73
  10. ^ Ann Christys, "Christians in Al-Andalus, 711–1000", p. 37 (Curzon Press, 2002). ISBN 0-7007-1564-9
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  13. ^ The "Latin Library". Ad Fontes Academy, (2008)
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  22. ^ "Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens" by Simon Martin and Nikolai Grube
  23. ^ "Harsha | Indian emperor". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2021-05-16.
  24. ^ ASC Parker MS. AD 607
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  26. ^ Kaegi 2003, p. 41
  27. ^ MacDonald 1976, p. 18
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  29. ^ The Oxford companion to Scottish history. Oxford University Press. February 24, 2011. p. 5. ISBN 9780199693054.
  30. ^ Wilmshurst, David (2019). "West Syrian patriarchs and maphrians". In Daniel King (ed.). The Syriac World. Routledge. pp. 806–813.

Bibliography edit

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