PastlasHistorical atlas

Decade · 500 – 509

The world in the 500s

From 500 to 509 the atlas holds 152 states standing at some time. 9 things began - Battle of Vouillé, Liang dynasty and Battle of Badon among them - and 8 ended; 24 people were born and 8 died, 2 of all these dated only to the decade.

Its years

The years of the decade with a page of their own: ten or more things dated to the year.

500: 4 began — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 3 other500501: 0 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other501502: 3 began — 2 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other502503: 0 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other503504: 0 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other504505: 0 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other505506: 0 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other506507: 1 began — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other507508: 0 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other508509: 0 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other509

What began in the 500s

By kind, the best known first.

States 5

Wars and battles 4

What ended in the 500s

States 6

Wars and battles 2

Born and died

Born 24

and 8 more in the atlas.

Died 8

States of the 500s

The states that stood at some time in the 500s, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 500.

Europe: 61 statesEurope61Middle East and North Africa: 23 statesMiddle East and North Africa23South Asia: 24 statesSouth Asia24East and Southeast Asia: 21 statesEast and Southeast Asia21Americas and Oceania: 5 statesAmericas and Oceania5Location unknown: 18 statesLocation unknown18

Europe61 states

and 53 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa23 states

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

South Asia24 states

and 16 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia21 states

and 13 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania5 states

Location unknown18 states

and 10 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 480 – 529: every state, war and life of the 500s, region by region.
  • On the map in 505: 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.