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Rome

Ravenna

AthensAntioch Nineveh

Axum

Jerusalem

KairouanCarthage

Poitiers

Monte AlbánYaxchilán

Teotihuacán

Luoyang

Tikal Dongola

Soba

Constantinople

Fustat

MuscatMecca

Medina

Damascus

Toledo

Nara

Kara Balgasun

Kashgar

Balkh

Kabul

Samarkand

Turfan

Hamadan

Ctesiphon Isfahan

Sarkel

Pataliputra

Srivijaya

Kanauj

Anahilapataka

Lhasa

Chang'an

Tiahuanaco

Huari

PALLAVAS

SMALLSTATES

SMALLSTATES

SMALLSTATES

LAMBAKANNASPANDYAS

JAPAN

AXUM

SILLA

CH

AM

PAALODIA

GAO

ZAGHAWA

FRANKISHKINGDOM

MA

KU

RIA

GHANA

ANBIYA

IRISH KINGDOMS

BAVARIA

KINGDOMOF THE

LOMBARDS

COLES CREEKCULTURE

MAYA

CIRCUM-CARIBBEANCHIEFDOMS

GUIANACHIEFDOMS

ANDEANCHIEFDOMS

MARAJÓCAIAMBÉ

MOJOS

TIAHUANACO

HUARI

MANACAPARU

PUEBLOS

T I B E T

KINGDOM OFTHE PICTS

SCOTTISH KINGDOMSSTRATHCLYDE NORTHUMBRIA

MERCIAEAST ANGLIAKENT

WESSEXWEST WALES

WALES

ASTURIAS

AQUITAINE

TEODOMIRO

BULGARIA

PYU

ARAKAN

HARIPUNJAYA

DVARAVATI

SRIVIJAYA

GURJARA–PRATIHARAS

BOHAI

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BYZANTINE EMPIRE

KHAZAR EMPIREU I G H U R E M P I R E

AVAREMPIRE

UM

A Y Y A D C A L I P H A T ET A N G

E M P I R E

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C h a d i a n s

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peoples

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GurM

ande

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gu

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t ic

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l es

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r ki c

p e o p l e sBulgarians

Hungarians

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s

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Th a i s

Sl a

v s

U g r i a n s

M o n g o l s

K h o i s a np e o p l e s

A u s t r a l i a n

A b o r i g i n e s

M

ississ

ippi

Amazon

Congo

Niger

Nile

Euphrates

Ganges

Mekong

Yangtze

YellowRiver

Yenisey

Ob'

Lena

Danube

Para

Orin

oco

Rio Grande

Missouri

St. Lawrence

São

Francisco

Zambezi

Darling

Amur

Indu

s

Tigris

Volga

GreatLakes

CaspianSea

S a h a r a

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West Indies

Easter Island

An

de

s

Pa

ta

go

ni a

S a h e l

KalahariDesert

New Zea

NewGuineaJava

Sumatra

Borneo

Phi l ippineIs lands

S i b e r i a

Greenland

G o b i

Guiana Highlands

Mad

agas

car

F I C

A N

A T L A N T I C

O C E A N

A T L A N T I C

O C E A N

I N D I A N O C E A N

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la

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s

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la

ys

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THE WORLD: 500–750 CE

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A t l a s M o u n t a i n s

Sicily

Sardinia

Corsica

Cyprus Crete

Balearic Islands

Ebro

Rhine

Danube

Elbe

Nile

Aquitaine

Illyria

London

Paris

Toulouse

Bordeaux

Rheims

Toledo

Cordova

MálagaCartagena

Tarragona

MarseilleGenoa

Turin

Ravenna

Rome

Naples

CorinthAthens

ThessalonicaAdrianopolis

Philippopolis

Constantinople

WormsMainz

Trier

Carthage

Alexandria

Ephesus Iconium

Basques

B ret

ons

Bri

tons

I r ish

Alemanni

Ang

lo-

Saxo

ns

Picts

Danes

Thuringians

Lombards

Slavs

A r a b s

KINGDOMOF THE

VANDALS

KINGDOM OFTHE FRANKS

KINGDOM OFTHE SUEVES

KINGDOMOF THE

BURGUNDIANSKINGDOM

OF THEOSTROGOTHS

KINGDOMOF THEGEPIDS

EAST ROMAN EMPIRESASSANIAN

EMPIRE

GHASSANIDS

LAKHMIDS

KINGDOM OF THE VIS

IGO

TH

S

Britain

B E R B E R S TAT E S

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534

c.496

508

533

533

535

535

540

540

554

533

537–540

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60° 0° 20° 40°

40°

60° 60°

20° 40°

500 km

500 miles

Frankish expansion

Ostrogothic expansion

Byzantine reconquests

Sassanian expansion

The inheritors of theRoman Empire at 500

Tang Empire

Byzantine Empire

Umayyad Caliphate

Kök Türk Empire 551–572

East Roman Empire 554–565

Horsha's Empire c.640

Avar Empire c.595

The World in 750

500 550

511: Deathof Frankishking Clovis

531: Frankishkingdom absorbsBurgundy

c.590: The Avars, nomadsfrom the steppes, establishstate on Hungarian plains

674–78: Arabs besiegeConstantinople, but

fail to take it

597: Papal missionaryAugustine converts the

king of Kent to Christianity

732: Frankish leader CharlesMartel defeats Arab armies

at battle of Poitiers

527: Justinianbecomes Byzantineemperor

680: Bulgarsinvade Balkans

711: Musliminvasion of Spain

600 650 700 750

Europe

500 550

c.600: Rise of closely-relatedTiahuanaco and Huaricivilizations in South America

c.600: Maya civilization in CentralAmerica reaches its height

c.500: Teotihuacánthriving as a majortrading centre

750: Devastation ofcity of Teotihuacán

c.700: Beginnings ofPuebloan culture

600 650 700 750

The Americas

500 550

c.650: Easter Islanders startto build ahus, sacred

stone platforms

c.700: Polynesiansreach North Islandof New Zealand

c.600: Polynesiancolonists settle the

Tuamotu Islands

600 650 700 750

500 550

538: Buddhismreaches Japan

640: Tang armiesreach Turfan in

Central Asia

668: Koreanpeninsula unitedunder Silla dynasty

710: NarabecomesJapanese capital

589: Turko-Chinese Sui

reunite China

617: Sui dynastycollapses; succeeded

in 618 by Tang

c.550: Kök Türk (BlueTurks) establish vast

Central Asian empire

645:Buddhism

reaches Tibet

c.660: Tangforces in Indiaand Central Asia

600 650 700 750

Oceania

East Asia

500 550

531: Beginning of reign ofSassanian ruler, Khosrau I

Anohshirvanh

628: Defeat ofSassanians by Byzantine

emperor Heraclius

637: Arabianarmies captureSassanian capital,Ctesiphon

698: Arabscapture Carthage

570: ProphetMuhammad

born in Mecca

661: Start ofUmayyad dynasty.Damascus is centreof Islamic empire

622: The Hegira: Muhammadand his followers move to

Medina; start of Islamic era656: Arabians

overrun Persia

674–78: Arabiansiege ofConstantinople

711: Islamic armies crossthe Strait of Gibraltarand conquer Spain

600 650 700 750

West Asia

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Monte AlbánYaxchilán

Teotihuacán

Tikal

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Huari

COLES CREEKCULTURE

MAYA

CIRCUM-CARIBBEANCHIEFDOMS

GUIANACHIEFDOMS

ANDEANCHIEFDOMS

MARAJÓCAIAMBÉ

MOJOS

TIAHUANACO

HUARI

MANACAPARU

PUEBLOS

No

ma

di

ch

un

te

rs

Araucanians

Gu

ar a

Tu

Co a

s ta l

c hi e

f do m

s

Eastern

Wood

land

Culture

M

ississ

ippi

Amazon

Para

Orin

oco

Rio GrandeMissouri

St. Lawrence

São

Francisco

GreatLakes

A m a z o n

B a s i n

Ro

ck

yM

ou

nt

ai

ns

An

de

s

G

re

at

Pl

ai

ns

Appa lachianMountains

si a

o t uI s l a n d s

West Indies

Easter Island

An

de

s

Pa

ta

go

ni a

Greenland

Guiana Highlands

F I C

A N

A T L A N T I C

O C E A N

I n u i tI n u i t

F o r e s t h u n t e r s

Pl a

i ns

hu

nt e

r s

a n d g a t h e r e r s

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dg a

t he r

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De s e r t g a t h e r e r s

Arawak

48

THE WORLD: 500–750 CE

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GG GG GG GGGG

GG

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GG

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GG GG GG GG

GG

GG

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Black Sea

NorthSea

AT

LA

NT

IC

OC

EA

N

Me d i t e r r a n e a n S e a

A l p s

C a u c a s u s

A t l a s M o u n t a i n s

Sicily

Sardinia

Corsica

Cyprus Crete

Balearic Islands

Ebro

Rhine

Danube

Elbe

Nile

Aquitaine

Illyria

London

Paris

Toulouse

Bordeaux

Rheims

Toledo

Cordova

MálagaCartagena

Tarragona

MarseilleGenoa

Turin

Ravenna

Rome

Naples

CorinthAthens

ThessalonicaAdrianopolis

Philippopolis

Constantinople

WormsMainz

Trier

Carthage

Alexandria

Ephesus Iconium

Basques

B ret

ons

Bri

tons

I r ish

Alemanni

Ang

lo-

Saxo

ns

Picts

Danes

Thuringians

Lombards

Slavs

A r a b s

KINGDOMOF THE

VANDALS

KINGDOM OFTHE FRANKS

KINGDOM OFTHE SUEVES

KINGDOMOF THE

BURGUNDIANSKINGDOM

OF THEOSTROGOTHS

KINGDOMOF THEGEPIDS

EAST ROMAN EMPIRESASSANIAN

EMPIRE

GHASSANIDS

LAKHMIDS

KINGDOM OF THE VIS

IGO

TH

S

Britain

B E R B E R S TAT E S

507

534

c.496

508

533

533

535

535

540

540

554

533

537–540

°

60° 0° 20° 40°

40°

60° 60°

20° 40°

500 km

500 miles

Frankish expansion

Ostrogothic expansion

Byzantine reconquests

Sassanian expansion

The inheritors of theRoman Empire at 500

Tang Empire

Byzantine Empire

Umayyad Caliphate

Kök Türk Empire 551–572

East Roman Empire 554–565

Horsha's Empire c.640

Avar Empire c.595

The World in 750

500 550

c.600: Rise of closely-relatedTiahuanaco and Huaricivilizations in South America

c.600: Maya civilization in CentralAmerica reaches its height

c.500: Teotihuacánthriving as a majortrading centre

750: Devastation ofcity of Teotihuacán

c.700: Beginnings ofPuebloan culture

600 650 700 750

The Americas

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Rome

Ravenna

AthensAntioch Nineveh

Axum

Jerusalem

KairouanCarthage

Poitiers

Luoyang

Dongola

Soba

Constantinople

Fustat

MuscatMecca

Medina

Damascus

Toledo

Nara

Kara Balgasun

Kashgar

Balkh

Kabul

Samarkand

Turfan

Hamadan

Ctesiphon Isfahan

Sarkel

Pataliputra

Srivijaya

Kanauj

Anahilapataka

Lhasa

Chang'an

PALLAVAS

SMALLSTATES

SMALLSTATES

SMALLSTATES

LAMBAKANNASPANDYAS

JAPAN

AXUM

SILLA

CH

AM

PAALODIA

GAO

ZAGHAWA

FRANKISHKINGDOM

MA

KU

RIA

GHANA

ANBIYA

IRISH KINGDOMS

BAVARIA

KINGDOMOF THE

LOMBARDS

T I B E T

KINGDOM OFTHE PICTS

SCOTTISH KINGDOMSSTRATHCLYDE NORTHUMBRIA

MERCIAEAST ANGLIAKENT

WESSEXWEST WALES

WALES

ASTURIAS

AQUITAINE

TEODOMIRO

BULGARIA

PYU

ARAKAN

HARIPUNJAYA

DVARAVATI

SRIVIJAYA

GURJARA–PRATIHARAS

BOHAI

CH

EN

LA

NANZHAO

THATON

LAZICA

CH

ALU

KY

AS

KA

RA

KO

T A S

RASH

TR

AK

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SBYZANTINE EMPIR

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KHAZAR EMPIREU I G H U R E M P I R E

AVAREMPIRE

UM

A Y Y A D C A L I P H A T ET A N G

E M P I R E

Ma l

ay

s

Ba

nt

us

P a p u a n s

M a o

B e r b e r s

C u s h i t e sF u r

N i l o t i cp e o p l e s

B a n t u s

C h a d i a n s

S a h a r a np e o p l e s

peoples

West A

tlanticKwa

GurM

ande

S a m o y e ds

P a l a e o s i b e r i a n sF

i nn i c p e o p l e s

Tu n

gu

s

Ba l

t ic

S l a v

sp e op

l es

Tu

r ki c

p e o p l e sBulgarians

Hungarians

Saxon

s

No r s em en

Th a i s

Sl a

v s

U g r i a n s

M o n g o l s

K h o i s a np e o p l e s

A u s t r a l i a n

A b o r i g i n e s

Congo

Niger

Nile

Euphrates

Ganges

Mekong

Yangtze

YellowRiver

Yenisey

Ob'

Lena

Danube

Zambezi

Darling

Amur

Indu

s

Tigris

Volga

CaspianSea

S a h a r a

A r a b i a n

P e n i n s u l a

Hi

ma l a y a s

S a h e l

KalahariDesert

New Zea

NewGuineaJava

Sumatra

Borneo

Phi l ippineIs lands

S i b e r i a

G o b i

Mad

agas

car

A T L A N T I C

O C E A N

I N D I A N O C E A N

Ma

la

y

s

Ma

la

ys

49

THE WORLD:500–750 CE

Tang Empire

Byzantine Empire

Umayyad Caliphate

Kök Türk Empire 551–572

East Roman Empire 554–565

Horsha's Empire c.640

Avar Empire c.595

The World in 750

500 550

511: Deathof Frankishking Clovis

531: Frankishkingdom absorbsBurgundy

c.590: The Avars, nomadsfrom the steppes, establishstate on Hungarian plains

674–78: Arabs besiegeConstantinople, but

fail to take it

597: Papal missionaryAugustine converts the

king of Kent to Christianity

732: Frankish leader CharlesMartel defeats Arab armies

at battle of Poitiers

527: Justinianbecomes Byzantineemperor

680: Bulgarsinvade Balkans

711: Musliminvasion of Spain

600 650 700 750

Europe

500 550

c.650: Easter Islanders startto build ahus, sacred

stone platforms

c.700: Polynesiansreach North Islandof New Zealand

c.600: Polynesiancolonists settle the

Tuamotu Islands

600 650 700 750

500 550

538: Buddhismreaches Japan

640: Tang armiesreach Turfan in

Central Asia

668: Koreanpeninsula unitedunder Silla dynasty

710: NarabecomesJapanese capital

589: Turko-Chinese Sui

reunite China

617: Sui dynastycollapses; succeeded

in 618 by Tang

c.550: Kök Türk (BlueTurks) establish vast

Central Asian empire

645:Buddhism

reaches Tibet

c.660: Tangforces in Indiaand Central Asia

600 650 700 750

Oceania

East Asia

500 550

531: Beginning of reign ofSassanian ruler, Khosrau I

Anohshirvanh

628: Defeat ofSassanians by Byzantine

emperor Heraclius

637: Arabianarmies captureSassanian capital,Ctesiphon

698: Arabscapture Carthage

570: ProphetMuhammad

born in Mecca

661: Start ofUmayyad dynasty.Damascus is centreof Islamic empire

622: The Hegira: Muhammadand his followers move to

Medina; start of Islamic era656: Arabians

overrun Persia

674–78: Arabiansiege ofConstantinople

711: Islamic armies crossthe Strait of Gibraltarand conquer Spain

600 650 700 750

West Asia

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