602

In 602: 4 events across 3 regions, including Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628, Maurice’s Balkan campaigns, Phocas overthrows Maurice.

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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
• Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britainbetween 410 and 449 – between 550 and 625 · Western and Central Europe
• Early Slavic cultures: Prague-Korchak, Penkovka and Kolochinc. 450 – c. 700 · Eastern Europe
• Civil war and split of the Turkic Khaganate581–603 · Central and Northern Asia
• Chenla absorbs Funanbetween 550 and 600 – between 627 and 637 · Southeast Asia and Oceania
• Basketmaker III: pottery, beans and the bow on the Colorado Plateauc. 500 – c. 750 · North America
• The Pallava monuments of Mamallapurambetween 600 and 630 – between 700 and 728 · South Asia
• The Late Woodland period in eastern North Americac. 500 – c. 1000 · North America
• Wari culture and the Middle Horizon state in the Central Andesc. 600 – c. 1000 · Latin America