600
Alternate uses, see
Number 600
.
Years:
596
597
598
599
-
600
-
601
602
603
604
Decades
:
570s
580s
590s
-
600s
-
610s
620s
630s
Centuries
:
5th century
-
6th century
-
7th century
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Events
The moldboard
plow
is invented in
eastern Europe
Possibly the first reference to chess, in the
Persian
work Karnamak-i-Artakhshatr-i-Papakan.
The Persians begin to use
windmills
for
irrigation
.
Pope Gregory I
codifies what comes to be known as
Gregorian chant
.
Construction on the
monastery
of
St. Catherine
is begun on
Mount Sinai
.
The population of the
Earth
rises to about 208 million people.
Smallpox
arrives in
Europe
for the first time.
Irish
missionaries
preach in
Scotland
and
Germany
.
Chinese
-influenced sculptures of
Buddha
begin to be created in
Japan
.
Sumatra
,
Java
, and the surrounding islands are converted to
Buddhism
.
Augustine of Canterbury
converts
Ethelbert of Kent
to
Christianity
(approximate date).
The
Hopewell
culture of
North America
ceases to be the dominant culture.
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Births
Ali Ben Abu Talib
, the fourth
caliph
of
Islam
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Deaths
Venance Fortunat
, bishop of
Poitiers
, one of the last representatives of
Classical Latin
poetry
.
John Climax
, ascetic and mystic.