Editing 588 (section)

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

==== Byzantine Empire ====
* [[Byzantine–Sassanid War of 572–591|Byzantine-Sassanid War]]: Unpaid [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] troops [[mutiny]] against [[Priscus (magister militum)|Priscus]] (''[[magister militum]] per [[Diocese of the East|Orientem]]''). King [[Hormizd IV]] begins a [[Sassanid Empire|Persian]] offensive, but is defeated at [[Silvan, Turkey|Martyropolis]] (modern [[Turkey]]). 
* Summer &ndash; [[Guaram I of Iberia]], Georgian prince in [[exile]], is sent by Emperor [[Maurice (emperor)|Maurice]] to the city of [[Mtskheta]] ([[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]). He restores the monarchy and is bestowed with the Byzantine [[Byzantine aristocracy and bureaucracy|court title]] of ''[[curopalates]]''.

==== Europe ====
* The [[Franks]] and [[Burgundians]] under King [[Guntram]] and his nephew [[Childebert II]] invade [[Northern Italy]], but suffer a disastrous defeat against the [[Lombards]].
* The [[Kingdom of the Lombards|Lombard Kingdom]] ([[Italy]]) is converted to [[Roman Catholicism]] under the rule of King [[Authari]] (approximate date).

==== Britain ====

* [[Æthelric of Deira|Æthelric]] succeeds his father [[Ælla of Deira|Ælla]] as king of [[Deira]] in [[Northern England]] (according to the ''[[Anglo-Saxon Chronicle]]'').<ref>''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'' (MS A) s.a. 588</ref>

==== Persia ====
* [[First Perso-Turkic War]]: A Persian army (12,000 men) under [[Bahrām Chobin]], supported by [[Cataphract]]s ([[heavy cavalry]]), ambush the invading [[Göktürks|Turks]], and win a great victory at the Battle of the Hyrcanian Rock.<ref>Tony Jaques, ''Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: F–O'', (Greenwood Publishing Group, 2007), p. 463</ref>

==== Asia ====
* Emperor [[Emperor Wen of Sui|Wéndi]] of the [[Sui dynasty]] prepares a campaign against the [[Chen dynasty]]. He amasses 518,000 troops along the northern bank of the [[Yangtze River]], stretching from [[Sichuan]] to the [[Pacific Ocean]].<ref>''Zizhi Tongjian'', vol. 176</ref>

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* The [[Skellig Michael]] monastery is founded on a steep rocky island off the coast of [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] (approximate date).
* The [[Guanghua Temple (Putian)|Guanghua Temple]] in [[Putian]] ([[China]]) is built during the [[Chen dynasty]], under Emperor [[Emperor Wu of Chen|Chen Wu Di]].<ref>[http://www.fzu.edu.cn/fujian/eput.html Litchi City Putian] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522183140/http://www.fzu.edu.cn/fujian/eput.html |date=May 22, 2011 }}</ref>
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