600

World

 * The population of the rises to about 208 million people.

Europe

 * arrives in for the first time.
 * King of  invades  but is killed by the locals.
 * Anglo-Saxon tribesmen on south-eastern coast of England

Asia

 * The begin to use s for.
 * is played in its current form in India.

The Americas

 * in erupts, burying the  village,.
 * The culture of  ceases to be the dominant culture.
 * The city of  begins to grow unstable, as they exhaust their resources until their inevitable collapse (possibly caused by the ) circa  AD.

Arts and Sciences

 * The moldboard is invented in.
 * The earliest references to found in the  work Karnamak-i-Artakhshatr-i-Papakan, and the  works of Subandhu's Vasavadatta and 's ''

Religion

 * codifies what comes to be known as.
 * Construction on the of  is begun on.
 * preach in and.
 * -influenced sculptures of begin to be created in.
 * ,, and the surrounding islands are converted to.
 * converts to  (approximate date).
 * rulers become (approximate date).

Births

 * , the fourth of
 * , Indian Philosopher

Deaths

 * ,, one of the last representatives of
 * , king of the