534

In 534: 3 events across 3 regions, including Corpus Juris Civilis, Vandalic War, The Northern Wei splits into the Eastern and Western Wei.

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• Nazca culture and the Nazca Linesbetween 200 and 100 BC – between 500 and 800 · Latin America
• Óc Eo, the port of Funanbetween 1 and 100 – between 601 and 700 · Southeast Asia and Oceania
• Teotihuacan at its height: the largest city of the Americasc. 250 – c. 550 · Latin America
• Kofun period: the age of keyhole tombsbetween 250 and 300 – 538 · East Asia
• The Rouran Khaganate dominates the steppe402–552 · Central and Northern Asia
• The later caves of Ajanta under the Vakataka king Harishenabetween 460 and 480 – between 480 and 550 · South Asia
• Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britainbetween 410 and 449 – between 550 and 625 · Western and Central Europe
• The Alchon Huns invade India: Toramana and Mihirakulabetween 496 and 500 – between 528 and 534 · South Asia
• Reign of Kaleb of Aksumbetween 510 and 514 – between 530 and 542 · Africa
• Construction of Hagia Sophia23 February 532 – 27 December 537 · Balkans and Anatolia
• Reign of Justinian I1 August 527 – 14 November 565 · Balkans and Anatolia
• Reign of Khosrow I Anushirvan531–579 · Middle East and Egypt
• Early Slavic cultures: Prague-Korchak, Penkovka and Kolochinc. 450 – c. 700 · Eastern Europe
• Basketmaker III: pottery, beans and the bow on the Colorado Plateauc. 500 – c. 750 · North America
• The Late Woodland period in eastern North Americac. 500 – c. 1000 · North America