PastlasHistorical atlas

Century · 501 – 600

The world in the 6th century

From 501 to 600 the atlas holds 201 states standing at some time, 65 of them founded in it - Sui dynasty and Kingdom of Wessex the best known - and 37 ending in it. 64 wars, risings, treaties, discoveries and other events began - Gothic War, Nika riots and Battle of Vouillé the best known of the events; 269 people were born.

A century here is counted as Wikidata counts it, 501 to 600, and holds every row that began in it, however coarsely dated.

What began in the 6th century

By decade first - wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey - then by kind, the best known first.

501: 3 began — 3 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other501511: 0 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other511521: 8 began — 6 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other521531: 12 began — 10 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other531541: 8 began — 8 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other541551: 10 began — 8 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other551561: 5 began — 3 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other561571: 6 began — 6 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other571581: 8 began — 5 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other581591: 4 began — 4 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other591

Wars and battles 53

and 45 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 3

Famine and plague 1

Natural disasters 4

Treaties 3

States founded and fallen

Founded 65

and 51 more in the atlas.

Ended 37

and 23 more in the atlas.

Born in the 6th century

The best known first, by how many Wikipedias write about them.

and 245 more in the atlas.

States of the 6th century

Every state that stood at some time in the 6th century, by region, the best known first.

Europe: 78 statesEurope78Middle East and North Africa: 27 statesMiddle East and North Africa27South Asia: 29 statesSouth Asia29East and Southeast Asia: 34 statesEast and Southeast Asia34Americas and Oceania: 7 statesAmericas and Oceania7Location unknown: 26 statesLocation unknown26

Europe78 states

and 66 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa27 states

and 15 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

South Asia29 states

and 17 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia34 states

and 22 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania7 states

Location unknown26 states

and 14 more; every state of Location unknown.

Its decades and years

The decades and years with a page of their own.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 500 – 600: every state, war and life of the 6th century, region by region.
  • On the map in 550: the borders of the year, its cities under their names of the year, and what happened where.

Wikidata (CC0) · data built 2026-10-07 · Pastlas v2.13.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.