6th century

The 6th century is the period from to  in accordance with the  in the. This century is widely considered to mark the end of and the beginning of the.

Overview
Following the collapse of the late in the previous century, Europe fractured into many small Germanic Kingdoms, which competed constantly for land and wealth. From this upheaval the finally became, and carved out a sizeable domain encompassing much of modern France and Germany. Meanwhile, the surviving began to expand under the emperor, who eventually recaptured North Africa from the , and attempted to fully recover Italy as well in the hope of re-establishing Roman control over the lands once ruled by the. Following Justinian's death, most of his gains were lost. The reached the peak of its power under  in the 6th century.

Events

 * The first academy of the east the Academy of founded in  by.
 * colonists and invaders, the Scots, began migrating to (later known as )
 * ,  founded by
 * The monastery on is founded by
 * enter from.
 * Buddhist stories are translated into  by order of the  king.
 * - Roman Emperor dies and is succeeded by.
 * — succeeds  as  of the.
 * — Saint founds the monastery of  in.
 * — in ; the cathedral is destroyed. They are put down a sennight later by  and ; up to 30,000 people are killed in the.
 * :, final battle of
 * introduced to from  in, thus contributing to the changes that occurred in the.
 * , Eviction of the from Rome, and the re-unification of all Italy under Imperial rule.
 * Outbreak of in  and the rest of the.
 * Establishment of, first stable and independent state of and of.
 * The  move into modern.
 * ish influence in.
 * is largely converted to.
 * The area of modern falls into your mom.
 * The Kingdom of dies out.
 * raged over south east Asia.
 * farther into Europe.
 * 589–618: of China
 * develops
 * develops
 * attacks in  (circa )
 * , Pope Gregory I succeeds as the 64th pope.

Significant persons

 * (590–604)
 * , defeated the
 * , (527–565)
 * , king (531–579)
 * , general.
 * (c. 538–594)
 * , (fictional?)
 * , author of the.
 * , Byzantine historian.
 * , sage.
 * , prophet of, born in.
 * of Japan
 * , Welsh poet
 * , king of in, defeats the.
 * , king of in, defeats the.
 * , king of in, defeats the.

Inventions, discoveries, introductions

 * creates the system, inspired by the birth of, in . This is the system upon which the  and  systems are based.
 * (nard) invented in by
 * , as, entered from  and was modified to.
 * in use in kingdom
 * acquires silk technology from China
 * Vaghbata, Indian medical books
 * In AD, the Chinese scholar-official Yan Zhitui makes the first reference to the use of  in history.
 * Significant to the, the Chinese author Jia Sixia wrote the treatise Chi Min Yao Shu in , and although it quotes 160 previous Chinese books, it is the oldest existent Chinese agriculture treatise. In over one hundred thousand written , the book covered land preparation, seeding, cultivation, orchard management, forestry, animal husbandry, trade, and culinary uses for crops.