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General

Population: Between 190 and 230 million*

• Entertainment: Encyclopedia of Greek authors founded
  Musaeus writes Greek poetry
  Cassiodorus amasses collection of Greek and Latin manuscripts
  First depiction of Last Supper in mosaic in Church of St. Apolinaire
  Chess game started in India
• Religion: Columban the younger goes on mission to France and Italy
  Crucifix first used as an ornament
• Technology: Draw looms first used for patterned silk weaving in Egypt
  Bow and arrows adopted by plains Indians
• Deaths: St. Benedict of Nursia the founder of monasticism

Africa

• Nubians in Sudan become Christian
  Ghana Empire founded in W Africa

Americas

• Toltec kingdom in Mexico continues Teotihuacan civilization

Asia

• Japan: Buddhism introduced in Japan

Europe

• Eastern Europe: Slav tribes settle in Mecklenburg
  Poles settle in western Galicia and Ukranians settle in eastern Galicia
• England: Comet debris or falling fire hits Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
  Kingdoms of Mercia, East Anglia and Northumbria founded
• Franco-German States: Church bells first used in France
• Italian States: Totilla and the Ostrogoths invade Rome again
• Sweden: Time period of small states (Smaland) of Sweden, including Finnveden, Njudung and Varend
• Wales: Wales converted to Christianity by St. David

Middle East

• Byzantine Empire: Golden era of Byzantine art
• Turkey: Westward migration of Turkish tribes (Avars) begins
  Turkish Khanates dominate central Asia