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== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== Europe ====
* [[Battle of Gwen Ystrad]]: A British alliance is forged between the kingdoms of [[Strathclyde]], [[Bernicia#British ''Bryneich''|Bryneich]] and [[Elmet]] (approximate date).
* [[Spoleto]] becomes the capital of an independent [[Duchy of Spoleto|duchy]], under the [[Lombards|Lombard]] chieftain [[Faroald I of Spoleto|Faroald]] (approximate date).
* [[Liutfrid, Duke of Alsace|Leutfred]] becomes [[Duke of Swabia|duke of Alemannia]] (modern [[Germany]]).

==== Persia ====
* [[Ctesiphon]], capital of the [[Sassanid Empire]], becomes the largest city in the world, taking the lead from [[Constantinople]], capital of the [[Byzantine Empire]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa011201a.htm |title=Geography at about.com |access-date=March 1, 2006 |archive-date=August 18, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818124242/http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa011201a.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==== Arabia ====
* [[Muhammad]], [[Prophets in Islam|Islamic prophet]], is born in [[Mecca]] (today's [[Saudi Arabia]]). His father [[Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib]] dies a few months before his birth, so he and his mother [[Aminah bint Wahb]] are protected by Muhammad's paternal grandfather, [[Abdul Muttalib]] who is recognized as the leading figure in his tribe the [[Quraysh tribe|Quraysh.]]<ref>David Nicolle, ''Essential Histories: "The Great Islamic Conquests AD 632–750". The birth of Islam and the unifying of Arabia'' (2009), page&nbsp;19.</ref> 
* [[Abraha]], Christian ruler of coastal [[Yemen]], who was acting as a general for the Christian kingdom in Abyssinia, begins a military expedition in [[Arabian Peninsula|Arabia]] against the predominantly [[pagan]] Quraysh of Mecca,<ref>Walter W Müller, ''"Outline of the History of Ancient Southern Arabia"''in Werner Daum (education) Yemen: ''"3000 Years of Art and Civilization in Arabia Felix"'' (1987)</ref> known as the [[Year of the Elephant]].

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* A [[limestone]] statue of [[Boddhisattva]] is created in [[Henan]] (approximate date).
* The first mention is made of the [[Holy Lance|Spear of Destiny]] (approximate date).
* The [[Jew]]s of [[Clermont-Ferrand]] are forced to convert to [[Christianity]].
* [[Year of the Elephant]], according to [[Islam]]ic tradition.
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* The [[Anonymous pilgrim of Piacenza|anonymous Pilgrim of Piacenza]] travels the Holy Sites of Christianity in Syria, Palestine and Sinai, an experience that he later writes down as a travel report (approximate date).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Meyers |first1=Eric M. |title=Galilee Through the Centuries Confluence of Cultures |date=1999 |publisher=Pennsylvania State University Press |isbn=9781575060408 |page=353 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=znYoChYVIrcC |access-date=6 January 2024}}</ref>