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== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== Byzantine Empire ====
* Emperor [[Phocas]] recognizes [[Agilulf]] as king of the [[Lombards]], and signs a [[peace treaty]]. He pays a [[tribute]] and cedes [[Orvieto]] ([[Central Italy]]), among other towns. The [[Byzantine army]] is withdrawn from the [[Balkans|Balkan Peninsula]].
* Phocas has [[Constantina (empress)|Constantina]], empress consort of [[Maurice (emperor)|Maurice]], and her three daughters arrested. He accuses her of [[Conspiracy (crime)|conspiracy]], and has them executed at [[Chalcedon]] ([[Bithynia]]).

==== Britain ====
* King [[Æthelfrith of Northumbria|Æthelfrith]] annexes the neighboring kingdom of [[Deira]] ([[Northern England]]). The region between the [[River Forth|Forth]] and [[Humber]] rivers will hereafter be known as [[Northumbria]], the most powerful of the [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] kingdoms.

==== Persia ====
* As a result of a quarrel between the [[Lakhmids]] (Southern [[Iraq]]) and King [[Khosrau II]], the [[Sassanid Empire|Persia]]n frontier with [[Arabian Peninsula|Arabia]] is no longer guarded (approximate date).

==== Asia ====

* Emperor [[Emperor Yang of Sui|Yángdi]] orders the capital to be transferred from [[Chang'an]] to [[Luoyang]]. He begins the construction of the [[Grand Canal of China|Grand Canal]], that will link existing [[waterway]]s to the new Chinese capital; it will be built by a million [[laborer]]s.
* Yángdi introduces an [[imperial examination]], designed to select the best administrative officials (after they receive the '''jinshi''') for the state; this begins a long [[Bureaucracy|bureaucratic]] tradition of [[scholar-official]]dom in [[China]].
* The [[Anji Bridge|Zhaozhou Bridge]] is completed under the [[Sui dynasty]], the earliest known fully stone open-spandrel segmental [[arch bridge]] in the world (although the earlier Roman [[Trajan's Bridge]] featured segmental arches).
* [[Amshuvarma]] becomes king of the [[Licchavi (kingdom)|Licchavi]] in [[Nepal]]. He is credited for opening [[trade route]]s to [[Tibet]]. His ruling period is known as the "Golden Period".

==== Mesoamerica ====
* [[Aj Ne' Yohl Mat]] becomes ruler (''[[ajaw]]'') of the [[Maya civilization|Maya]] city of [[Palenque]] ([[Mexico]]). During his reign his kingdom is invaded by people from [[Calakmul]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mesoweb.com/encyc/index.asp?passcall=site&passS=palenque&passSAND=&passSANDNOT=&passexact=n&id2=2&expert=y |title=Ajen Yohl Mat |access-date=March 12, 2013 |archive-date=August 11, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811202034/http://www.mesoweb.com/encyc/index.asp?passcall=site&passS=palenque&passSAND=&passSANDNOT=&passexact=n&id2=2&expert=y |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>"Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens" by [[Simon Martin (Mayanist)|Simon Martin]] and [[Nikolai Grube]]</ref>
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