Century · 601 – 700
The world in the 7th century
From 601 to 700 the atlas holds 224 states standing at some time, 60 of them founded in it - Lhasa and Tang dynasty the best known - and 53 ending in it. 159 wars, risings, treaties, discoveries and other events began - Battle of Badr, Battle of Uhud and Early Muslim conquests the best known of the events; 247 people were born.
A century here is counted as Wikidata counts it, 601 to 700, and holds every row that began in it, however coarsely dated.
What began in the 7th 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.
Wars and battles 148
- Battle of Badr · battle · 624
- Battle of Uhud · battle · 625
- Early Muslim conquests · battle · 622 – 750
- Battle of Karbala · battle · 680
- Battle of the Yarmuk · battle · 636
- Muslim conquest of Persia · battle · 633 – 654
- Battle of the Trench · battle · 627
- Arab–Byzantine wars · war · 629 – 1050
and 140 more in the atlas.
Regime change 1
- Xuanwu Gate Incident · adverse regime change · 626
Unrest and atrocity 4
- Siege of Banu Qurayza · atrocity · 627
- Isshi incident · atrocity · 645
- Assassination of Ali · atrocity · 661
- Heraclian revolt · unrest · 608 – 610
Famine and plague 2
- Plague of Amwas · plague · 638 – 639
- Plague of 664 · plague · 664
Treaties 3
- Treaty of al-Hudaybiya · treaty · 628
- Baqt · treaty · 700
- Umar's Assurance · treaty · 637
Works and ideas 1
- Greek fire · discovery · 672
States founded and fallen
Founded 60
- Lhasa · state · 633
- Tang dynasty · state · 618 – 907
- Republic of Venice · state · 697 – 1797
- Umayyad Caliphate · state · 661 – 750
- Rashidun Caliphate · state · 632 – 661
- Volga Bulgaria · state · 601 – 1240
- First Bulgarian Empire · state · 681 – 1018
- Srivijaya · state · 650 – 1377
- Kingdom of Northumbria · state · 653 – 954
- Frisia · state · 612 – 787
- Tibetan Empire · state · 618 – 842
- Parhae · state · 698 – 926
- Old Great Bulgaria · state · 632 – 668
- Carantania · state · 658 – 828
and 46 more in the atlas.
Ended 53
- Sasanian Empire · state · 224 – 651
- Huns · state · 106 – 673
- Sui dynasty · state · 581 – 618
- Rashidun Caliphate · state · 632 – 661
- Goguryeo · state · 37 BCE – 668 CE
- Hephthalites · state · 408 – 670
- Paekche · state · 18 BCE – 660 CE
- Göktürks · state · 552 – 657
- First Turkic Khaganate · state · 551 – 603
- Ghassanids · state · 220 – 638
- Mauretania · state · 301 BCE – 698 CE
- Old Great Bulgaria · state · 632 – 668
- Xianbei · state · 208 BCE – 670 CE
- Kingdom of Bernicia · state · 420 – 634
and 39 more in the atlas.
Born in the 7th century
The best known first, by how many Wikipedias write about them.
- Aisha · poet · 604 – 677
- Husayn ibn Ali · military leader · 626 – 680
- Fatima · poet · 604 – 633
- Abu Hanifa · theologian · 699 – 767
- Mu'awiya I · politician · 603 – 680
- Bede · theologian · 672 – 735
- Charles Martel · military leader · 688 – 741
- Pope Gregory II · writer · 669 – 731
- Pope Gregory III · writer · 700 – 741
- Pope Benedict II · writer · 635 – 685
- Pope Paul I · writer · 700 – 767
- Hasan ibn Ali · military leader · 625 – 669
- John of Damascus · astronomer · 675 – 749
- Xuanzang · explorer · 602 – 664
- Ja'far al-Sadiq · religious leader · 699 – 765
- Wu Zetian · poet · 624 – 705
- Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan · politician · 646 – 705
- Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz · politician · 681 – 720
- Leo III the Isaurian · military personnel · 675 – 741
- Yazid I · poet · 646 – 683
- Justinian II · politician · 669 – 711
- Tariq ibn Ziyad · military leader · 670 – 720
- Constans II · ruler · 630 – 668
- Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr · theologian · 624 – 692
and 223 more in the atlas.
States of the 7th century
Every state that stood at some time in the 7th century, by region, the best known first.
Europe90 states
- France · 481 – present
- San Marino · 301 – present
- Huns · 106 – 673
- Goths · 100 – 1475
- Republic of Venice · 697 – 1797
- Francia · 481 – 843
- Saxons · 283 – 799
- Kingdom of Wessex · 519 – 927
- Volga Bulgaria · 601 – 1240
- First Bulgarian Empire · 681 – 1018
- Kingdom of Mercia · 527 – 918
- Pannonian Avars · 600 – 900
and 78 more; every state of Europe.
Middle East and North Africa33 states
- Byzantine Empire · 285 – 1453
- Rhodes · 188 BCE – 1249 CE
- Sasanian Empire · 224 – 651
- Umayyad Caliphate · 661 – 750
- Persian Empire · 550 BCE – 1979 CE
- Rashidun Caliphate · 632 – 661
- Kingdom of Aksum · 401 BCE – 960 CE
- Ghana Empire · 100 – 1200
- Ghassanids · 220 – 638
- Mauretania · 301 BCE – 698 CE
- Lakhmid kingdom · 268 – 602
- Kingdom of Makuria · 500 – 1518
and 21 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.
South Asia34 states
- Lhasa · 633
- Chola dynasty · 300 BCE – 1279 CE
- Hephthalites · 408 – 670
- Tibetan Empire · 618 – 842
- First Turkic Khaganate · 551 – 603
- Pallava dynasty · 275 – 897
- Chalukya dynasty · 543 – 753
- Pandya dynasty · 300 BCE – 1650 CE
- Western Turkic Khaganate · 581 – 659
- Kingdom of Khotan · 56 – 1006
- Western Ganga dynasty · 350 – 1000
- Kucha · 111 – 648
and 22 more; every state of South Asia.
East and Southeast Asia35 states
- Tang dynasty · 618 – 907
- Sui dynasty · 581 – 618
- Srivijaya · 650 – 1377
- Silla · 57 BCE – 892 CE
- Goguryeo · 37 BCE – 668 CE
- Champa · 192 – 1832
- Paekche · 18 BCE – 660 CE
- Göktürks · 552 – 657
- Parhae · 698 – 926
- Asuka period · 538 – 710
- Xianbei · 208 BCE – 670 CE
- Pyu city-states · 201 BCE – 1050 CE
and 23 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.
Americas and Oceania9 states
- Maya civilization · 2001 BCE – 1521 CE
- Teotihuacan · 50 BCE – 704 CE
- Zapotec civilization · 6701 BCE – 1201 CE
- Sican culture · 700 – 1375
- Tiwanaku polity · 300 – 1150
- Wari Empire · 600 – 1100
- Classic Veracruz culture · 555 – 1235
- United Provinces of New Granada · 181 – 1816
- Toltec Empire · 674 – 1122
Location unknown23 states
- Avar Khaganate · 562 – 828
- Justinian dynasty · 518 – 602
- Wu Zhou · 690 – 705
- Langkasuka · 100 – 1500
- Licchavis of Nepal · 400 – 750
- Old Saxony · 600 – 804
- Zunbil dynasty · 650 – 870
- Möng Mao · 560 – 1604
- Oddiyana · 401 BCE – 1100 CE
- Varman dynasty · 350 – 655
- Chavda dynasty · 690 – 942
- Dál nAraidi · 550 – 1150
and 11 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, 600 – 700: every state, war and life of the 7th century, region by region.
- On the map in 650: the borders of the year, its cities under their names of the year, and what happened where.
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