7th century

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Centuries:	6th century - 7th century - 8th century
Decades:	600s 610s 620s 630s 640s 650s 660s 670s 680s 690s

The 7th century is the period from 601 - 700 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian Era.

Contents 1 Overview 2 Events 3 Significant persons 4 Inventions, discoveries, introductions 5 Decades and years

[edit] Overview

[edit] Events

• The Roman-Persian Wars end.
• Islam starts in Arabia, the Qur'an is documented.
• Sutton Hoo ship burial, East Anglia (modern England)
• Xuan Zang (aka Hsuan-Tsang) traveled from China to India, before returning to Chang An in China to translate Buddhist scriptures.
• End of sporadic Buddhist rule in the Sindh.
• Croats and Serbs entered their present territory early in the 7th century AD, settling in six distinct tribal delimitations, and setting up early states.
• Teotihuacan is sacked and burnt.
• The religion of Shugendo evolves from Buddhism, Taoism, Shinto and other influences in the mountains of Japan.
• The Bulgars arrive in the Balkans.
• Arab traders penetrate the area of Lake Chad.
• First English poetry
• Library of Alexandria destroyed again
• Tang Dynasty of China

[edit] Significant persons

• The Unknown Archont led the Serbs to the Balkans from the north
• Antara Ibn Shaddad, Arab poet
• Augustine Eriugena, Irish scientist
• Brahmagupta, Indian mathematician
• Cenn Fáelad mac Aillila, Irish scholar, died 679
• Gregory the Great (Pope, 540-604)
• Saint Cuthbert
• Heraclius - Warrior Emperor of Byzantium who won numerous victories against the Sassanids (Persians)
• Emperor Taizong of Tang China
• Muhammad (PBUH) (570-632), Muslim Prophet; founder of Islamic religion
• Abu Bakr, first caliph of Islam
• Ali ibn Abi Talib (600-661), cousin of Muhammad(PBUH), fourth caliph of Islam
• Saint Asaph'
• Umar, second caliph of Islam
• Asparuh - Khan of the Bulgars
• Uthman, third caliph of Islam
• Pulakesi II, comes to power

[edit] Inventions, discoveries, introductions

• The stirrup introduced to Persia from China, late 7th century
• Earliest known record of the game Chatrang, predecessor to Chess

[edit] Decades and years

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