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General

Population: Between 190 and 230 million*

• Deaths: Totila king of Ostrogoths

Asia

• China: Justinian sends missionaries to China and Ceylon to smuggle out silkworms – start of European silk industry
• Japan: Buddhism introduced into Japan by Emperor Shotoko Taishi – start of the Asuka period

Europe

• Italian States: Italy finally purged of Goths - Roman empire restored
• Spanish States: Totila king of Ostrogoths killed at battle of Taginae fighting Byzantines - Teias becomes last king of Ostrogoths
  Throne of Archbishop Maximian created at Ravenna

Middle East

• Byzantine Empire: Monks smuggle silkworms to Constantinople