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636 BC—Duke Wen of Jin ascends to power in the State of Jin during the Zhou dynasty of China. 635 BC—Alyattes becomes king of Lydia [1] 632 BC—Cylon, Athenian noble, seizes the Acropolis in a failed attempt to become king. 632 BC—In the Battle of Chengpu, the Chinese kingdom of Jin and her allies defeat the kingdom of Chu and her allies.
The Islamic calendar is introduced by Abu Musa al-Asha'ari. He convinces Umar I to make notes of an era for Muslims. He convinces Umar I to make notes of an era for Muslims. March 22 – Year 0 of the Burmese calendar , based on the Chula Sakarat , is also used in the mainland of Southeast Asia .
The date used as the end of the ancient era is arbitrary. The transition period from Classical Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages is known as Late Antiquity.Late Antiquity is a periodization used by historians to describe the transitional centuries from Classical Antiquity to the Middle Ages, in both mainland Europe and the Mediterranean world: generally from the end of the Roman Empire's ...
The design may have inspired later 'Maps of World History' such as the HistoMap by John B. Sparks, which chronicles four thousand years of world history in a graphic way similar to the enlarging and contracting nation streams presented on Adam's chart. Sparks added the innovation of using a Logarithmic scale for the presentation of history.
Year 630 was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 630 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
These timelines of world history detail recorded events since the creation of writing roughly 5000 years ago to the present day. For events from c. 3200 BC – c. 500 see: Timeline of ancient history; For events from c. 500 – c. 1499, see: Timeline of post-classical history; For events from c. 1500, see: Timelines of modern history
The 6th century BC started on the first day of 600 BC and ended on the last day of 501 BC. In Western Asia , the first half of this century was dominated by the Neo-Babylonian Empire , which had risen to power late in the previous century after successfully rebelling against Assyrian rule.
At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Longinus and Calvinus (or, less frequently, year 630 Ab urbe condita) and the Fifth Year of Yuanshuo. The denomination 124 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.