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General

Population: Between 190 and 230 million*

• Entertainment: Dandin writes "The Ten Princes" a humorous Indian novel
  Omar ibn Abi Rabi'a the Arabic poet writes
  Pagoda of Tsu-en in China written
  Korean art shows intermediate between Japanese and Chinese
• Language: Arabs ban use of Greek language
• Religion: Psalms translated into Anglo-Saxon
  Lindisfarne gospels (some illustrated manuscripts) written
  Shinto religion assimilated to Buddhism in Japan
  Easter eggs come into use among Christians
  Growth of Sufi mysticism in Islam
  Persian Zoroastrians settle in India - origin of Parsis
• Technology: Water wheels drive mills all over Europe
  Fingerprinting for identification used in China
  Earliest text produced by block printing in China
• Deaths: Bharavabhuti the great Indian dramatist

Africa

• North Africa: Arabs conquer Algiers (Tunis) - Christianity in N Africa almost exterminated
  End of Muslim takeover
• West Africa: Empire of Ghana in West Africa flourishes
  End of Kingdom of Axum in Africa

Americas

• Central America: Peak of Mayan culture
• North America: Mississippi Mound Builder culture starts
  Pueblo people builds houses in Arizona
  Toltec defeat at Teotihuacan where city is sacked and abandoned
• South America: Tapestry weaving fully established in Peru
  Huari empire of Peru conquers Moche state

Asia

• China: Population explosion in China – first large Urban developments
  First woodcut printing in China
• India: Cave temple built at Ellora in W India
  Persian Zoroastrians settle in India - origin of Parsis
• Japan: End of Taika reforms in Japan
  Shinto religion assimilated to Buddhism in Japan
• Tibet: Jokhang temple built at Lhasa, Tibet
  Tibet forms ths century

Europe

• General: Order begins to be established in chaotic Europe - Feudalism established
  Irish and Anglo-Saxon missionaries on continent
• Eastern European Empire: Greek becomes official language of Eastern Roman empire
• England: Stone churches replaces wooden buildings in England
  Famine causes widespread cannibalism
• Franco-German States: Thuringia becomes part of Frankish empire
  Merovigians lose power in France - uncertainty until Charlemagne
  Family of Agilofings (hereditary dukes of Bavaria) make Rastibon their capital
• Ireland: Start of Ireland's Golden Age of art and literature for 200 years
  Famine causes widespread cannibalism

Middle East

• Transjordan: Arab desert cattle introduced at Transjordan

Pacific

• Easter Island: Easter Island natives begin to build stone platforms
  First Polynesians settle in Cook Islands