| 277. | Mani crucified in Persia. | |
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| 527. | Justinian emperor. | |
| 529. | Justinian closed the schools at Athens, which had flourished nearly a thousand years. Belisarius (Justinian’s general) took Naples. | |
| 531. | Chosroes I began to reign. | |
| 543. | Great plague in Constantinople. | |
| 553. | Goths expelled from Italy by Justinian. Justinian died. The Lombards conquered most of North Italy (leaving Ravenna and Rome Byzantine). | |
| 570. | Muhammad born. | |
| 579. | Chosroes I died. | |
| (The Lombards dominant in Italy.) | ||
| 590. | Plague raged in Rome. Chosroes II began to reign. | |
| 610. | Heraclius began to reign. | |
| 619. | Chosroes II held Egypt, Jerusalem, Damascus, and armies on Hellespont. Tang dynasty began in China. | |
| 622. | The Hegira. | |
| 627. | Great Persian defeat at Nineveh by Heraclius. Tai-tsung became Emperor of China. | |
| 628. | Kavadh II murdered and succeeded his father, Chosroes II. | |
| Muhammad wrote letters to all the rulers of the earth. | ||
| 629. | Muhammad returned to Mecca. | |
| 632. | Muhammad died. Abu Bekr Caliph. |
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