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Jahrhundert – Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="6. Jahrhundert" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-am mw-list-item"><a href="https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/6%E1%8A%9B%E1%8B%8D_%E1%88%9D%E1%8B%95%E1%89%B0_%E1%8B%93%E1%88%98%E1%89%B5" title="6ኛው ምዕተ ዓመት – Amharic" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="6ኛው ምዕተ ዓመት" data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%B1%D9%86_6" title="القرن 6 – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="القرن 6" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sieglo_VI" title="Sieglo VI – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Sieglo VI" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sieglu_VI" title="Sieglu VI – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Sieglu VI" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-av mw-list-item"><a href="https://av.wikipedia.org/wiki/VI_%D0%B3%D3%80%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%80%D1%83" title="VI гӀасру – Avaric" lang="av" hreflang="av" data-title="VI гӀасру" data-language-autonym="Авар" data-language-local-name="Avaric" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Авар</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/VI_%C9%99sr" title="VI əsr – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="VI əsr" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abad_ka-6" title="Abad ka-6 – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Abad ka-6" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/6_s%C3%A8-k%C3%AD" title="6 sè-kí – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="6 sè-kí" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-map-bms mw-list-item"><a href="https://map-bms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abad_kaping-6" title="Abad kaping-6 – Banyumasan" lang="jv-x-bms" hreflang="jv-x-bms" data-title="Abad kaping-6" data-language-autonym="Basa Banyumasan" data-language-local-name="Banyumasan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Banyumasan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/VI_%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B4%D0%B7%D0%B5" title="VI стагоддзе – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="VI стагоддзе" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/VI_%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B7%D1%8C%D0%B4%D0%B7%D0%B5" title="VI стагодзьдзе – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="VI стагодзьдзе" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/6_%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BA" title="6 век – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="6 век" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/6._Joarhundad" title="6. Joarhundad – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="6. Joarhundad" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/6._vijek" title="6. vijek – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="6. vijek" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/VIvet_kantved" title="VIvet kantved – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="VIvet kantved" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segle_VI" title="Segle VI – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Segle VI" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/VI_%C4%95%D0%BC%C4%95%D1%80" title="VI ĕмĕр – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="VI ĕмĕр" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/6._stolet%C3%AD" title="6. století – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="6. století" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/6ed_ganrif" title="6ed ganrif – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="6ed ganrif" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/6._%C3%A5rhundrede" title="6. århundrede – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="6. århundrede" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/6._Jahrhundert" title="6. Jahrhundert – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="6. Jahrhundert" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/6._sajand" title="6. sajand – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="6. sajand" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/6%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%B1%CE%B9%CF%8E%CE%BD%CE%B1%CF%82" title="6ος αιώνας – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="6ος αιώνας" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eml mw-list-item"><a href="https://eml.wikipedia.org/wiki/VI_s%C3%A9col" title="VI sécol – Emiliano-Romagnolo" lang="egl" hreflang="egl" data-title="VI sécol" data-language-autonym="Emiliàn e rumagnòl" data-language-local-name="Emiliano-Romagnolo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Emiliàn e rumagnòl</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-myv mw-list-item"><a href="https://myv.wikipedia.org/wiki/VI_%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B5" title="VI пинге – Erzya" lang="myv" hreflang="myv" data-title="VI пинге" data-language-autonym="Эрзянь" data-language-local-name="Erzya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Эрзянь</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siglo_VI" title="Siglo VI – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Siglo VI" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/6-a_jarcento" title="6-a jarcento – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="6-a jarcento" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ext mw-list-item"><a href="https://ext.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigru_VI" title="Sigru VI – Extremaduran" lang="ext" hreflang="ext" data-title="Sigru VI" data-language-autonym="Estremeñu" data-language-local-name="Extremaduran" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Estremeñu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/VI._mendea" title="VI. mendea – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="VI. mendea" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AF%D9%87_%D8%B4%D8%B4%D9%85_%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C" title="سده ششم میلادی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="سده ششم میلادی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/6._%C3%B8ld" title="6. øld – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="6. øld" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/VIe_si%C3%A8cle" title="VIe siècle – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="VIe siècle" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/6e_iuw" title="6e iuw – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="6e iuw" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/6%C3%BA_haois" title="6ú haois – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="6ú haois" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/6mh_Linn" title="6mh Linn – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="6mh Linn" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A9culo_VI" title="Século VI – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Século VI" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gan mw-list-item"><a href="https://gan.wikipedia.org/wiki/6%E4%B8%96%E7%B4%80" title="6世紀 – Gan" lang="gan" hreflang="gan" data-title="6世紀" data-language-autonym="贛語" data-language-local-name="Gan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>贛語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/6%EC%84%B8%EA%B8%B0" title="6세기 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="6세기" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/6-%D6%80%D5%A4_%D5%A4%D5%A1%D6%80" title="6-րդ դար – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="6-րդ դար" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A5%AC%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%82_%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80" title="६वीं शताब्दी – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="६वीं शताब्दी" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/6._stolje%C4%87e" title="6. stoljeće – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="6. stoljeće" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/6ma_yarcento" title="6ma yarcento – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="6ma yarcento" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id badge-Q70893996 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abad_ke-6" title="Abad ke-6 – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Abad ke-6" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seculo_6" title="Seculo 6 – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Seculo 6" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/6._%C3%B6ldin" title="6. öldin – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="6. öldin" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/VI_secolo" title="VI secolo – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="VI secolo" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%94_%D7%94-6" title="המאה ה-6 – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="המאה ה-6" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abad_ping_6" title="Abad ping 6 – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Abad ping 6" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/VI_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%A3%E1%83%99%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9C%E1%83%94" title="VI საუკუნე – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="VI საუკუნე" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/VI_%D2%93%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%8B%D1%80" title="VI ғасыр – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="VI ғасыр" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/6ves_kansblydhen" title="6ves kansblydhen – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="6ves kansblydhen" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kernowek</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karne_ya_6" title="Karne ya 6 – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Karne ya 6" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-avk mw-list-item"><a href="https://avk.wikipedia.org/wiki/6-eafa_decemda" title="6-eafa decemda – Kotava" lang="avk" hreflang="avk" data-title="6-eafa decemda" data-language-autonym="Kotava" data-language-local-name="Kotava" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kotava</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedsala_6an" title="Sedsala 6an – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Sedsala 6an" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saeculum_6" title="Saeculum 6 – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Saeculum 6" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/6._gadsimts" title="6. gadsimts – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="6. gadsimts" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/6._Joerhonnert" title="6. Joerhonnert – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="6. Joerhonnert" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lez mw-list-item"><a href="https://lez.wikipedia.org/wiki/VI_%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%88_%D0%B9%D0%B8%D1%81" title="VI виш йис – Lezghian" lang="lez" hreflang="lez" data-title="VI виш йис" data-language-autonym="Лезги" data-language-local-name="Lezghian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Лезги</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/VI_am%C5%BEius" title="VI amžius – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="VI amžius" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lij mw-list-item"><a href="https://lij.wikipedia.org/wiki/VI_secolo" title="VI secolo – Ligurian" lang="lij" hreflang="lij" data-title="VI secolo" data-language-autonym="Ligure" data-language-local-name="Ligurian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ligure</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z%C3%A8sde_iew" title="Zèsde iew – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Zèsde iew" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lfn mw-list-item"><a href="https://lfn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentenio_6" title="Sentenio 6 – Lingua Franca Nova" lang="lfn" hreflang="lfn" data-title="Sentenio 6" data-language-autonym="Lingua Franca Nova" data-language-local-name="Lingua Franca Nova" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lingua Franca Nova</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A9cul_VI" title="Sécul VI – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Sécul VI" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/6._sz%C3%A1zad" title="6. század – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="6. század" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/6_%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BA" title="6 век – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="6 век" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%87.%E0%A4%B8.%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%87_%E0%A5%AC_%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%87_%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%95" title="इ.स.चे ६ वे शतक – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="इ.स.चे ६ वे शतक" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/VI_%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A8%E1%83%AC%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90" title="VI ოშწანურა – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="VI ოშწანურა" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%B1%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B3" title="القرن السادس – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="القرن السادس" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abad_ke-6" title="Abad ke-6 – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Abad ke-6" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/6_si%C3%A9-g%C4%AB" title="6 sié-gī – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="6 sié-gī" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%81%86_%E1%80%9B%E1%80%AC%E1%80%85%E1%80%AF%E1%80%94%E1%80%BE%E1%80%85%E1%80%BA" title="၆ ရာစုနှစ် – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="၆ ရာစုနှစ်" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/6e_eeuw" title="6e eeuw – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="6e eeuw" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds-nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/6e_eeuw" title="6e eeuw – Low Saxon" lang="nds-NL" hreflang="nds-NL" data-title="6e eeuw" data-language-autonym="Nedersaksies" data-language-local-name="Low Saxon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nedersaksies</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/6%E4%B8%96%E7%B4%80" title="6世紀 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="6世紀" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nap mw-list-item"><a href="https://nap.wikipedia.org/wiki/VI_seculo" title="VI seculo – Neapolitan" lang="nap" hreflang="nap" data-title="VI seculo" data-language-autonym="Napulitano" data-language-local-name="Neapolitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Napulitano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/VI_%D0%B1%D3%80%D0%B5%D1%88%D0%BE" title="VI бӀешо – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="VI бӀешо" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/6._juarhunert" title="6. juarhunert – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="6. juarhunert" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/6._%C3%A5rhundre" title="6. århundre – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="6. århundre" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/500-talet" title="500-talet – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="500-talet" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nrm mw-list-item"><a href="https://nrm.wikipedia.org/wiki/VIe_s." title="VIe s. – Norman" lang="nrf" hreflang="nrf" data-title="VIe s." data-language-autonym="Nouormand" data-language-local-name="Norman" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nouormand</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A8gle_VI" title="Sègle VI – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Sègle VI" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mhr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mhr.wikipedia.org/wiki/VI_%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BC" title="VI курым – Eastern Mari" lang="mhr" hreflang="mhr" data-title="VI курым" data-language-autonym="Олык марий" data-language-local-name="Eastern Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Олык марий</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/VI_asr" title="VI asr – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="VI asr" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%DA%BE%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%8A%DA%BA_%D8%B5%D8%AF%DB%8C" title="چھیويں صدی – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="چھیويں صدی" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/6._Johrhunnert" title="6. Johrhunnert – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="6. Johrhunnert" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/VI_wiek" title="VI wiek – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="VI wiek" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A9culo_VI" title="Século VI – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Século VI" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secolul_al_VI-lea" title="Secolul al VI-lea – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Secolul al VI-lea" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/6_%C3%B1iqin_pachakwata" title="6 ñiqin pachakwata – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="6 ñiqin pachakwata" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rue mw-list-item"><a href="https://rue.wikipedia.org/wiki/VI._%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B0" title="VI. стороча – Rusyn" lang="rue" hreflang="rue" data-title="VI. стороча" data-language-autonym="Русиньскый" data-language-local-name="Rusyn" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русиньскый</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/VI_%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BA" title="VI век – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="VI век" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah mw-list-item"><a href="https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/VI_%D2%AF%D0%B9%D1%8D" title="VI үйэ – Yakut" lang="sah" hreflang="sah" data-title="VI үйэ" data-language-autonym="Саха тыла" data-language-local-name="Yakut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Саха тыла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-stq mw-list-item"><a href="https://stq.wikipedia.org/wiki/6._Jierhunnert" title="6. Jierhunnert – Saterland Frisian" lang="stq" hreflang="stq" data-title="6. Jierhunnert" data-language-autonym="Seeltersk" data-language-local-name="Saterland Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Seeltersk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nso mw-list-item"><a href="https://nso.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngwagakgolo_6" title="Ngwagakgolo 6 – Northern Sotho" lang="nso" hreflang="nso" data-title="Ngwagakgolo 6" data-language-autonym="Sesotho sa Leboa" data-language-local-name="Northern Sotho" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sesotho sa Leboa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shekulli_VI" title="Shekulli VI – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Shekulli VI" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A8culu_VI" title="Sèculu VI – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Sèculu VI" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/6_%E0%B7%80%E0%B6%B1_%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%83" title="6 වන සියවස – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="6 වන සියවස" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/6th_century" title="6th century – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="6th century" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/6._storo%C4%8Die" title="6. storočie – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="6. storočie" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/6._stoletje" title="6. stoletje – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="6. stoletje" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/6._%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BA" title="6. век – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="6. век" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/6._vijek" title="6. vijek – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="6. vijek" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-su mw-list-item"><a href="https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abad_ka-6" title="Abad ka-6 – Sundanese" lang="su" hreflang="su" data-title="Abad ka-6" data-language-autonym="Sunda" data-language-local-name="Sundanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sunda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/500-luku" title="500-luku – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="500-luku" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/500-talet" title="500-talet – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="500-talet" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ika-6_na_dantaon" title="Ika-6 na dantaon – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Ika-6 na dantaon" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/6-%E0%AE%86%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%82%E0%AE%B1%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B1%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A3%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%81" title="6-ஆம் நூற்றாண்டு – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="6-ஆம் நூற்றாண்டு" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/VI_%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%8B%D1%80" title="VI гасыр – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="VI гасыр" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-shn mw-list-item"><a href="https://shn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%95%E1%80%AE%E1%82%81%E1%80%B0%E1%80%9D%E1%80%BA%E1%80%95%E1%81%A2%E1%81%B5%E1%80%BA%E1%82%87_6" title="ပီႁူဝ်ပၢၵ်ႇ 6 – Shan" lang="shn" hreflang="shn" data-title="ပီႁူဝ်ပၢၵ်ႇ 6" data-language-autonym="ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး " data-language-local-name="Shan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး </span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Virgin_Mary_with_the_infant_Jesus%2C_6th_century_AD.jpg/330px-Virgin_Mary_with_the_infant_Jesus%2C_6th_century_AD.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Virgin_Mary_with_the_infant_Jesus%2C_6th_century_AD.jpg/440px-Virgin_Mary_with_the_infant_Jesus%2C_6th_century_AD.jpg 2x" data-file-width="487" data-file-height="839" /></a><figcaption>Byzantine Iconography, representative of the reign of Emperor Justinian.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>6th century</b> is the period from <a href="/wiki/501" title="501">501</a> through <a href="/wiki/600" title="600">600</a> in line with the <a href="/wiki/Julian_calendar" title="Julian calendar">Julian calendar</a>. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Western_civilisation" class="mw-redirect" title="Western civilisation">the West</a>, the century marks the end of <a href="/wiki/Classical_Antiquity" class="mw-redirect" title="Classical Antiquity">Classical Antiquity</a> and the beginning of the <a href="/wiki/Middle_Ages" title="Middle Ages">Middle Ages</a>. The collapse of the <a href="/wiki/Western_Roman_Empire" title="Western Roman Empire">Western Roman Empire</a> late in the previous century left Europe fractured into many small Germanic kingdoms competing fiercely for land and wealth. From the upheaval the <a href="/wiki/Franks" title="Franks">Franks</a> rose to prominence and carved out a sizeable domain covering much of modern France and Germany. Meanwhile, the surviving <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Roman_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Roman Empire">Eastern Roman Empire</a> began to expand under Emperor <a href="/wiki/Justinian" class="mw-redirect" title="Justinian">Justinian</a>, who recaptured <a href="/wiki/North_Africa" title="North Africa">North Africa</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Vandals" title="Vandals">Vandals</a> and attempted fully to recover <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a> as well, in the hope of reinstating Roman control over the lands once ruled by the <a href="/wiki/Western_Roman_Empire" title="Western Roman Empire">Western Roman Empire</a>. </p><p>Owing in part to the collapse of the Roman Empire along with its literature and civilization, the sixth century is generally considered to be the least known about in the <a href="/wiki/Dark_Ages_(historiography)" title="Dark Ages (historiography)">Dark Ages</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In its second golden age, the <a href="/wiki/Sassanid_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Sassanid Empire">Sassanid Empire</a> reached the peak of its power under <a href="/wiki/Khosrau_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Khosrau I">Khosrau I</a> in the 6th century.<sup id="cite_ref-Roberts,_J_1994_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Roberts,_J_1994-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The classical <a href="/wiki/Gupta_Empire" title="Gupta Empire">Gupta Empire</a> of <a href="/wiki/Northern_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern India">Northern India</a>, largely overrun by the <a href="/wiki/Huna_(people)" class="mw-redirect" title="Huna (people)">Huna</a>, ended in the mid-6th century. In <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Kofun_period" title="Kofun period">Kofun period</a> gave way to the <a href="/wiki/Asuka_period" title="Asuka period">Asuka period</a>. After being divided for more than 150 years among the <a href="/wiki/Northern_and_Southern_dynasties" title="Northern and Southern dynasties">Northern and Southern dynasties</a>, <a href="/wiki/History_of_China" title="History of China">China</a> was reunited under the <a href="/wiki/Sui_dynasty" title="Sui dynasty">Sui dynasty</a> toward the end of the 6th century. The <a href="/wiki/Three_Kingdoms_of_Korea" title="Three Kingdoms of Korea">Three Kingdoms of Korea</a> persisted throughout the century. The <a href="/wiki/G%C3%B6kt%C3%BCrks" title="Göktürks">Göktürks</a> became a major power in <a href="/wiki/Central_Asia" title="Central Asia">Central Asia</a> after defeating the <a href="/wiki/Rouran" class="mw-redirect" title="Rouran">Rouran</a>. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Americas" title="Americas">Americas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Teotihuacan" title="Teotihuacan">Teotihuacan</a> began to decline in the 6th century after having reached its zenith between AD 150 and 450. Classic period of the <a href="/wiki/Maya_civilization" title="Maya civilization">Maya civilization</a> in <a href="/wiki/Central_America" title="Central America">Central America</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Events">Events</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=6th_century&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Early 6th century – <a href="/wiki/Ah_Suytok_Tutul_Xiu" title="Ah Suytok Tutul Xiu">Ah Suytok Tutul Xiu</a> founds <a href="/wiki/Uxmal" title="Uxmal">Uxmal</a>.<figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:East-Hem_500ad.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/East-Hem_500ad.jpg/254px-East-Hem_500ad.jpg" decoding="async" width="254" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/East-Hem_500ad.jpg/381px-East-Hem_500ad.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/East-Hem_500ad.jpg/508px-East-Hem_500ad.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3240" data-file-height="1903" /></a><figcaption>Eastern Hemisphere at the beginning of the 6th century</figcaption></figure></li> <li>Early 6th century – <a href="/wiki/Archangel_ivory" title="Archangel ivory">Archangel ivory</a>, panel of a diptych probably from the court workshop at <a href="/wiki/Constantinople" title="Constantinople">Constantinople</a>, is made. It is now kept at The <a href="/wiki/British_Museum" title="British Museum">British Museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>.</li> <li>Early 6th century – <a href="/wiki/Vienna_Genesis" title="Vienna Genesis">Vienna Genesis</a>, from "<a href="/wiki/Book_of_Genesis" title="Book of Genesis">Book of Genesis</a>", probably made in <a href="/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syria</a> or <a href="/wiki/Palestine_(region)" title="Palestine (region)">Palestine</a>, is made. It is now kept at <a href="/wiki/%C3%96sterreichische_Nationalbibliothek" class="mw-redirect" title="Österreichische Nationalbibliothek">Österreichische Nationalbibliothek</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vienna" title="Vienna">Vienna</a>.</li> <li>By 6th century – <i><a href="/wiki/Shilpa_Shastras" title="Shilpa Shastras">Shilpa Shastras</a></i> is written.</li> <li>Early 6th century – first academy of the east the Academy of <a href="/wiki/Gundeshapur" title="Gundeshapur">Gundeshapur</a> founded in <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a> by <a href="/wiki/Khosrau_I_of_Persia" class="mw-redirect" title="Khosrau I of Persia">Khosrau I of Persia</a>.</li> <li>Early 6th century – <a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Irish</a> colonists and invaders, the Scots, began migrating to <a href="/wiki/Caledonia" title="Caledonia">Caledonia</a> (later known as <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a>). Migration from south-west Britain to <a href="/wiki/Brittany" title="Brittany">Brittany</a>.</li> <li>Early 6th century – <a href="/wiki/Glendalough" title="Glendalough">Glendalough</a> <a href="/wiki/Monastery" title="Monastery">monastery</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wicklow" title="Wicklow">Wicklow</a> <a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Ireland</a> founded on <a href="/wiki/Kevin_of_Glendalough" title="Kevin of Glendalough">St. Kevin</a>. Many similar foundations in Ireland and Wales.</li> <li>Early 6th century – <a href="/wiki/Zen" title="Zen">Zen</a> <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a> enters <a href="/wiki/Vietnam" title="Vietnam">Vietnam</a> from China.</li> <li>Early 6th century – <a href="/wiki/Haniwa" title="Haniwa">Haniwa</a>, from <a href="/wiki/Kyoto" title="Kyoto">Kyoto</a>, is made during the <a href="/wiki/Kofun_period" title="Kofun period">Kofun period</a>.<figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Maya_ruins_in_Mexico_003.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Maya_ruins_in_Mexico_003.jpg/220px-Maya_ruins_in_Mexico_003.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Maya_ruins_in_Mexico_003.jpg/330px-Maya_ruins_in_Mexico_003.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Maya_ruins_in_Mexico_003.jpg/440px-Maya_ruins_in_Mexico_003.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1536" data-file-height="1024" /></a><figcaption>Uxmal is founded in the early 6th century. </figcaption></figure></li> <li>Early 6th century – <a href="/wiki/Basilica_of_Sant%27Apollinare_in_Classe" title="Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe">Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe</a>'s apse's mosaic is completed.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/AD_502" title="AD 502">502</a>: Chinese annals mentioned the existence of the Buddhist Kingdom, Kanto Lim in South Sumatra, presumably in the neighborhood of present-day <a href="/wiki/Palembang" title="Palembang">Palembang</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/507" title="507">507</a>: The Franks commanded by <a href="/wiki/Clovis_I" title="Clovis I">Clovis I</a> wrest <a href="/wiki/Aquitaine" title="Aquitaine">Aquitania</a> from <a href="/wiki/Alaric_II" title="Alaric II">Alaric II</a>'s Visigoths at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Vouill%C3%A9" title="Battle of Vouillé">Battle of Vouillé</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/518" title="518">518</a>: Eastern Roman Emperor <a href="/wiki/Anastasius_I_(emperor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Anastasius I (emperor)">Anastasius I</a> dies and is succeeded by <a href="/wiki/Justin_I" title="Justin I">Justin I</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/522" title="522">522</a>: Romans obtain <a href="/wiki/Silkworm" class="mw-redirect" title="Silkworm">silkworm</a> eggs and begin silkworm cultivation</li> <li>c. <a href="/wiki/524" title="524">524</a>: <a href="/wiki/Boethius" title="Boethius">Boethius</a> writes his <i><a href="/wiki/On_the_Consolation_of_Philosophy" title="On the Consolation of Philosophy">On the Consolation of Philosophy</a></i>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/525" title="525">525</a>: Having settled in <a href="/wiki/Rome" title="Rome">Rome</a> c. <a href="/wiki/AD_500" title="AD 500">500</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scythians" title="Scythians">Scythian</a> monk <a href="/wiki/Dionysius_Exiguus" title="Dionysius Exiguus">Dionysius Exiguus</a> invents the <a href="/wiki/Anno_Domini" title="Anno Domini">Anno Domini</a> era <a href="/wiki/Calendar" title="Calendar">calendar</a> based on the estimated birth year of <a href="/wiki/Jesus_Christ" class="mw-redirect" title="Jesus Christ">Jesus Christ</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/527" title="527">527</a>: <a href="/wiki/Justinian_I" title="Justinian I">Justinian I</a> succeeds <a href="/wiki/Justin_I" title="Justin I">Justin I</a> as <a href="/wiki/Emperor" title="Emperor">Emperor</a> of the Eastern Roman Empire.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/529" title="529">529</a>: Saint <a href="/wiki/Benedict_of_Nursia" title="Benedict of Nursia">Benedict of Nursia</a> founds the <a href="/wiki/Monastery" title="Monastery">monastery</a> of <a href="/wiki/Monte_Cassino" title="Monte Cassino">Monte Cassino</a> in Italy.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/532" title="532">532</a>: <a href="/wiki/Nika_riots" title="Nika riots">Nika riots</a> in <a href="/wiki/Constantinople" title="Constantinople">Constantinople</a>; the <a href="/wiki/Cathedral" title="Cathedral">cathedral</a> is destroyed. They are put down a week later by <a href="/wiki/Belisarius" title="Belisarius">Belisarius</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mundus_(general)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mundus (general)">Mundus</a>; up to 30,000 people are killed in the <a href="/wiki/Hippodrome_of_Constantinople" title="Hippodrome of Constantinople">Hippodrome</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/535" title="535">535</a>: Postulated <a href="/wiki/Types_of_volcanic_eruptions" title="Types of volcanic eruptions">volcanic eruption</a> in the tropics which causes several years of abnormally cold <a href="/wiki/Weather" title="Weather">weather</a>, resulting in mass <a href="/wiki/Famine" title="Famine">famine</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Hemisphere" title="Northern Hemisphere">Northern Hemisphere</a>. (See <a href="/wiki/Extreme_weather_events_of_535%E2%80%93536" class="mw-redirect" title="Extreme weather events of 535–536">Extreme weather events of 535–536</a>.)<figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Buddhist_Stela_Northern_Wei_period.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Buddhist_Stela_Northern_Wei_period.jpg/180px-Buddhist_Stela_Northern_Wei_period.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="438" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Buddhist_Stela_Northern_Wei_period.jpg/270px-Buddhist_Stela_Northern_Wei_period.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Buddhist_Stela_Northern_Wei_period.jpg/360px-Buddhist_Stela_Northern_Wei_period.jpg 2x" data-file-width="824" data-file-height="2003" /></a><figcaption>This <a href="/wiki/Buddhist" class="mw-redirect" title="Buddhist">Buddhist</a> <a href="/wiki/Stele" title="Stele">stela</a> from <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northern_Wei" title="Northern Wei">Northern Wei</a> period, was built in the early 6th century.</figcaption></figure></li> <li><a href="/wiki/537" title="537">537</a>: <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Camlann" title="Battle of Camlann">Battle of Camlann</a>, final battle of <a href="/wiki/Legend" title="Legend">legendary</a> <a href="/wiki/King_Arthur" title="King Arthur">King Arthur</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/541" title="541">541</a>–<a href="/wiki/542" title="542">542</a>: First <a href="/wiki/Pandemic" title="Pandemic">pandemic</a> of <a href="/wiki/Bubonic_plague" title="Bubonic plague">bubonic plague</a> (<a href="/wiki/Plague_of_Justinian" title="Plague of Justinian">Plague of Justinian</a>) hits <a href="/wiki/Constantinople" title="Constantinople">Constantinople</a> and the rest of <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine Empire</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/543" title="543">543</a>/<a href="/wiki/544" title="544">544</a>: One of <a href="/wiki/Justinian" class="mw-redirect" title="Justinian">Justinian</a>'s edict leads to the <a href="/wiki/Three-Chapter_Controversy" title="Three-Chapter Controversy">Three-Chapter Controversy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/545" title="545">545</a>: Nubian Kingdom of <a href="/wiki/Nobatia" title="Nobatia">Nobatia</a> converts to <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a>.</li> <li>Mid-6th century – <a href="/wiki/Cassiodorus" title="Cassiodorus">Cassiodorus</a> founds a cenobitic monastery and scriptorium at Vivarium in <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a></li> <li>Mid-6th century – Buddhist <a href="/wiki/Jataka" class="mw-redirect" title="Jataka">Jataka</a> stories are translated into <a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a> by order of the <a href="/wiki/Zoroastrian" class="mw-redirect" title="Zoroastrian">Zoroastrian</a> king <a href="/wiki/Khosrau_I_of_Persia" class="mw-redirect" title="Khosrau I of Persia">Khosrau</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_India" title="History of India">Mid-6th century</a> – Cave-Temple of Shiva at <a href="/wiki/Elephanta_Caves" title="Elephanta Caves">Elephanta Caves</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>, is built. Post-<a href="/wiki/Gupta" title="Gupta">Gupta</a> period.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_India" title="History of India">Mid-6th century</a> – Eternal Shiva, rock-cut relief in the Cave-Temple of Shiva at Elephanta Caves, is made</li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_India" title="History of India">Mid-6th century</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jogeshwari_Caves" title="Jogeshwari Caves">Jogeshwari Caves</a> excavated during 6th century A.D. is one of the finest specimen of <a href="/wiki/Brahminism" class="mw-redirect" title="Brahminism">Brahmanical</a> <a href="/wiki/Rock-cut_architecture" title="Rock-cut architecture">Rock-Cut Architecture</a> and bears similarity with <a href="/wiki/Elephanta_Caves" title="Elephanta Caves">Elephanta Caves</a> (Cave No. 1) and Dhumar Lena (Cave No. 29) at <a href="/wiki/Ellora_Caves" title="Ellora Caves">Ellora Caves</a>.</li> <li>Second half of 6th century – Virgin and Child with Saints and Angels, icon, is made. It is now kept at <a href="/wiki/Saint_Catherine%27s_Monastery" title="Saint Catherine's Monastery">Saint Catherine's Monastery</a>, <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/550" title="550">550</a>: <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Funan" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Funan">Kingdom of Funan</a> dies out.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/551" title="551">551</a>: <a href="/wiki/Bumin_Khagan" class="mw-redirect" title="Bumin Khagan">Bumin Khagan</a> founded the <a href="/wiki/First_Turkic_Khaganate" title="First Turkic Khaganate">Turkic Khaganate</a> in <a href="/wiki/Central_Asia" title="Central Asia">Central Asia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/552" title="552">552</a>: <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a> introduced to <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a> from <a href="/wiki/Baekje" title="Baekje">Baekje</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Asuka_period" title="Asuka period">Asuka period</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/553" title="553">553</a>: <a href="/wiki/Second_Council_of_Constantinople" title="Second Council of Constantinople">Second Council of Constantinople</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/554" title="554">554</a>: Eviction of the <a href="/wiki/Ostrogoths" title="Ostrogoths">Ostrogoths</a> from Rome, and the re-unification of all Italy under Roman rule.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/561" title="561">561</a> to <a href="/wiki/592" title="592">592</a>: Buddhist monk <a href="/wiki/Jnanagupta" class="mw-redirect" title="Jnanagupta">Jnanagupta</a> translates 39 sutras from <a href="/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a> to <a href="/wiki/Chinese_language" title="Chinese language">Chinese</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/563" title="563">563</a>: The monastery on <a href="/wiki/Iona" title="Iona">Iona</a> is founded by <a href="/wiki/Columba" title="Columba">St. Columba</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/566" title="566">566</a>: Birth of <a href="/wiki/Emperor_Gaozu_of_Tang" title="Emperor Gaozu of Tang">Lǐ Yuān</a>, founder of the <a href="/wiki/Tang_dynasty" title="Tang dynasty">Tang dynasty</a> and Emperor of China under the name of Gaozu (618-626)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/568" title="568">568</a>: <a href="/wiki/Lombards" title="Lombards">Lombards</a> invade <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a> and establish a federation of dukedoms under a king.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/569" title="569">569</a>: Nubian kingdom of <a href="/wiki/Alodia" title="Alodia">Alodia</a> converts to Christianity.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/569" title="569">569</a>: Nubian kingdom of <a href="/wiki/Makuria" title="Makuria">Makuria</a> converts to Christianity.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/570" title="570">570</a>: Birth of the last Islamic Prophet <a href="/wiki/Muhammad" title="Muhammad">Muhammad</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/574" title="574">574</a>: The Roman Empire is invaded by various <a href="/wiki/Slavs" title="Slavs">Slavs</a>, who plunder the Balkans.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/577" title="577">577</a>: China's last of the <a href="/wiki/Southern_dynasties" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern dynasties">Southern dynasties</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Chen_dynasty" title="Chen dynasty">Chen dynasty</a> invents <a href="/wiki/Matches" class="mw-redirect" title="Matches">matches</a>.<figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sueben-Reich.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Sueben-Reich.jpg/220px-Sueben-Reich.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="189" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Sueben-Reich.jpg/330px-Sueben-Reich.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/Sueben-Reich.jpg 2x" data-file-width="420" data-file-height="360" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Suebi_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Suebi Kingdom">Suebi Kingdom</a> would eventually be conquered by the <a href="/wiki/Visigoths" title="Visigoths">Visigoths</a> in the 6th century</figcaption></figure></li> <li><a href="/wiki/578" title="578">578</a>: The world's oldest ongoing company, <a href="/wiki/Kong%C5%8D_Gumi" title="Kongō Gumi">Kongō Gumi</a>, is founded in Osaka, Japan.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/579" title="579">579</a>–<a href="/wiki/590" title="590">590</a>: Reign of <a href="/wiki/Persia" class="mw-redirect" title="Persia">Persian</a> <a href="/wiki/Shah" title="Shah">Shah</a> <a href="/wiki/Hormizd_IV" title="Hormizd IV">Hormizd IV</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/582" title="582">582</a>–<a href="/wiki/602" title="602">602</a>: Reign of Roman Emperor <a href="/wiki/Maurice_(emperor)" title="Maurice (emperor)">Maurice</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/585" title="585">585</a>: <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Suebi" title="Kingdom of the Suebi">Suebian Kingdom</a> conquered by <a href="/wiki/Visigoths" title="Visigoths">Visigoths</a> in Spain.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/587" title="587">587</a>: <a href="/wiki/Reccared" class="mw-redirect" title="Reccared">Reccared</a>, king of the <a href="/wiki/Visigoths" title="Visigoths">Visigoths</a> in Spain, converts to <a href="/wiki/Catholicism" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholicism">Catholicism</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/588" title="588">588</a>: Shivadeva ascends the throne of the Lichchhavi dynasty in <a href="/wiki/Nepal" title="Nepal">Nepal</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/589" title="589">589</a>: <a href="/wiki/Third_Council_of_Toledo" title="Third Council of Toledo">Third Council of Toledo</a> adds the "<a href="/wiki/Filioque" title="Filioque">filioque</a>" clause to the <a href="/wiki/Nicene_Creed" title="Nicene Creed">Nicene Creed</a> in Spain.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/589" title="589">589</a>: China reunified under the <a href="/wiki/Sui_dynasty" title="Sui dynasty">Sui dynasty</a> (589 – 618).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/590" title="590">590</a>: <a href="/wiki/Pope_Gregory_I" title="Pope Gregory I">Gregory the Great</a> succeeds <a href="/wiki/Pope_Pelagius_II" title="Pope Pelagius II">Pope Pelagius II</a> (who dies of plague) as the 64th pope.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/594" title="594">594</a>: Beginning of the <a href="/wiki/Bengali_calendars" title="Bengali calendars">Bengali Calendar</a> or (বঙ্গাব্দ <i>Bônggabdô</i> or <i>Banggabda</i>).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/595" title="595">595</a>: Pope Gregory sends Roman monks led by <a href="/wiki/Augustine_of_Canterbury" title="Augustine of Canterbury">Augustine</a> to England.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Inventions,_discoveries,_introductions"><span id="Inventions.2C_discoveries.2C_introductions"></span>Inventions, discoveries, introductions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=6th_century&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Inventions, discoveries, introductions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dionysius_Exiguus" title="Dionysius Exiguus">Dionysius Exiguus</a> creates the <a href="/wiki/Anno_Domini" title="Anno Domini">Anno Domini</a> system, inspired by the birth of <a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a>, in <a href="/wiki/525" title="525">525</a>. This is the system upon which the <a href="/wiki/Gregorian_calendar" title="Gregorian calendar">Gregorian calendar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Common_Era" title="Common Era">Common Era</a> systems are based.</li> <li>The technology of cutting and polishing <a href="/wiki/Diamonds" class="mw-redirect" title="Diamonds">diamonds</a> was invented in <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ratna_Pariksha" title="Ratna Pariksha">Ratna Pariksha</a>, a text dated to 6th century talks about diamond cutting.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Backgammon" title="Backgammon">Backgammon</a> (<i>nard</i>) invented in <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Persia</a> by <a href="/wiki/Burzoe" class="mw-redirect" title="Burzoe">Burzoe</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chess" title="Chess">Chess</a>, as <a href="/wiki/Chaturanga" title="Chaturanga">chaturanga</a>, entered <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Persia</a> from <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> and was modified to <a href="/wiki/Shatranj" title="Shatranj">shatranj</a>.</li> <li>Breast-strap horse harness in use in <a href="/wiki/Franks" title="Franks">Frankish</a> kingdom.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine Empire</a> acquires <a href="/wiki/Silk" title="Silk">silk</a> <a href="/wiki/Technology" title="Technology">technology</a> from China.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chen_dynasty" title="Chen dynasty">Chen dynasty</a> from China invents <a href="/wiki/Matches" class="mw-redirect" title="Matches">matches</a> in <a href="/wiki/577" title="577">577</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silk" title="Silk">Silk</a> is a protected palace industry in the Byzantine Empire.</li> <li>Vaghbata, Indian <a href="/wiki/Medicine" title="Medicine">medical</a> books.</li> <li>In <a href="/wiki/589" title="589">589</a> AD, the Chinese scholar-official <a href="/wiki/Yan_Zhitui" title="Yan Zhitui">Yan Zhitui</a> makes the first reference to the use of <a href="/wiki/Toilet_paper" title="Toilet paper">toilet paper</a> in history.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Significant to the <a href="/wiki/History_of_agriculture#Ancient_China" title="History of agriculture">history of agriculture</a>, the Chinese author Jia Sixia wrote the treatise <a href="/wiki/Qi_Min_Yao_Shu" class="mw-redirect" title="Qi Min Yao Shu">Qi Min Yao Shu</a> in <a href="/wiki/535" title="535">535</a>, and although it quotes 160 previous Chinese <a href="/wiki/Agronomy" title="Agronomy">agronomy</a> books, it is the oldest existent Chinese agriculture treatise. In over one hundred thousand written <a href="/wiki/Chinese_characters" title="Chinese characters">Chinese characters</a>, the book covered land preparation, seeding, cultivation, orchard management, forestry, animal husbandry, trade, and culinary uses for crops.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=6th_century&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">This view is shown in several reputable sources about the Dark Ages. In his book "The Inheritance of Rome: Illuminating the Dark Ages, 400-1000", the historian Chris Wickham writes that "the sixth century is the least documented of any century of the 'Dark Ages<span style="padding-right:.15em;">'</span>".<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Similarly, the historian Charles Oman writes in "The Dark Ages: 476-918" that "the 6th century was a period of such confusion and turmoil that it has been compared to the <a href="/wiki/Genesis_flood_narrative" title="Genesis flood narrative">deluge of Noah</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These sources reflect the widely accepted view among historians that the 6th century in the Dark Ages is the least known about.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=6th_century&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/45px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/59px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikimedia Commons has media related to <span style="font-weight: bold; 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"Introduction". <i>The Inheritance of Rome: Illuminating the Dark Ages, 400-1000</i>. New York: Viking. p. 6. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-670-02098-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-670-02098-0"><bdi>978-0-670-02098-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Introduction&rft.btitle=The+Inheritance+of+Rome%3A+Illuminating+the+Dark+Ages%2C+400-1000&rft.place=New+York&rft.pages=6&rft.pub=Viking&rft.date=2009&rft.isbn=978-0-670-02098-0&rft.aulast=Wickham&rft.aufirst=Chris&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A6th+century" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFOman1914" class="citation book cs1">Oman, Charles (1914). "The Sixth Century". <i>The Dark Ages: 476-918</i>. 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