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==== Asia ====
* [[Teibi Incident|Battle of Shigisan]]: The [[Soga clan]], which has intermarried with the royal [[Yamato period|Yamato]] clan, fights the [[Mononobe no Moriya|Mononobe]] and [[Nakatomi clan|Nakatomi]] clans over influence in selecting a new successor for the Japanese [[throne]], after Emperor [[Emperor Yōmei|Yōmei]] dies. The Soga favor importing [[Buddhism in Japan|Buddhism]] from the [[Asia]]n mainland, described there as the [[religion]] of the most civilized. The Mononobe and Nakatomi hold that Buddhism would be an affront to the gods. The Soga win the [[civil war]] and [[Emperor Sushun|Sushun]], age 66, becomes the [[List of emperors of Japan|32nd emperor]] of [[Japan]].
* Fall &ndash; The [[Liang dynasty]] ends: Emperor [[Emperor Wen of Sui|Wéndi]] of the [[Sui dynasty]] abolishes Western Liang and expands his territory into the lower valley of the [[Yangtze River]]. He sends his official [[Gao Jiong]] to the capital [[Jiangling County|Jiangling]], to pacify the citizens. The former emperor [[Emperor Jing of Western Liang|Xiao Jing Di]] becomes a [[vassal]] and is named the Duke of Liang.
* [[Bagha Qaghan]] becomes the seventh ruler (''[[khagan]]'') of the [[Göktürks|Turkic Kaganate]].