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== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Byzantine Empire ====
* [[Byzantine–Sassanid War of 572–591|Byzantine–Sassanid War]]: A [[Byzantine army]] under command of [[Maurice (emperor)|Maurice]] (''[[magister militum]] per [[Diocese of the East|Orientem]]'') invades [[Al-Jazira, Mesopotamia|Upper Mesopotamia]], and raids on both sides of the [[Tigris]]. He deports 70,000 captives from [[Hyrcania]] to [[Cyprus]], and installs military [[Colonization|colonists]] to guard the strategic locations.<ref>Romano-Byzantine Armies 4th—9th Centuries (p. 9). David Nicolle, 1992. {{ISBN|978-1-85532-224-0}}</ref>
* [[October 5]] &ndash; Emperor [[Justin II]] dies after several periods of [[insanity]]. On the advice of his wife [[Sophia (empress)|Sophia]], he has raised his general [[Tiberius II Constantine|Tiberius]] to the rank of co-emperor (''[[Caesar (title)|Caesar]]''). From December [[574]] he has ruled jointly with Sophia, and now succeeds them as emperor of the [[Byzantine Empire]].

==== Asia ====
* Summer &ndash; Emperor [[Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou|Wu Di]] engages in military campaigns on two fronts: against the invading [[Göktürks]] to the north and against the [[Chen dynasty]] in the south.   
* Wu Di, age 35, dies from an illness, and is succeeded by his eldest son [[Emperor Xuan of Northern Zhou|Xuan Di]] as emperor of [[Northern Zhou]].
* [[Kongō Gumi]], the world's oldest [[construction]] company (578–2006), is founded in [[Osaka]] ([[Japan]]). 
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====Central America====
*[[October 22]] &ndash; [[Tzi-B'alam]], who had been the [[Maya rulers|ruler of the Mayan city state]] of [[Copán]] in [[Honduras]], dies after a 25-year reign that began in May [[553]].

*[[November 15]] &ndash; [[K'ak' Chan Yopaat]], becomes the new [[Maya rulers|ruler of the Mayan city state]] of [[Copán]] in [[Honduras]], and rules until his death 49 years later in [[628]].