PastlasHistorical atlas

Decade · 600 – 609

The world in the 600s

From 600 to 609 the atlas holds 171 states standing at some time. 9 things began - Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628, Eastern Turkic Khaganate and Duchy of Gascony among them - and 9 ended; 23 people were born and 14 died, 3 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.

600: 2 began — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other600601: 0 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other601602: 2 began — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other602603: 2 began — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other603604: 0 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other604605: 0 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other605606: 0 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other606607: 0 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other607608: 1 began — 0 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other608609: 1 began — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other609

What began in the 600s

By kind, the best known first.

States 3

Wars and battles 5

Unrest and atrocity 1

What ended in the 600s

States 7

Wars and battles 2

Born and died

Born 23

and 7 more in the atlas.

Died 14

States of the 600s

The states that stood at some time in the 600s, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 600.

Europe: 72 statesEurope72Middle East and North Africa: 23 statesMiddle East and North Africa23South Asia: 25 statesSouth Asia25East and Southeast Asia: 23 statesEast and Southeast Asia23Americas and Oceania: 7 statesAmericas and Oceania7Location unknown: 21 statesLocation unknown21

Europe72 states

and 64 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa23 states

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

South Asia25 states

and 17 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia23 states

and 15 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania7 states

Location unknown21 states

and 13 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 580 – 629: every state, war and life of the 600s, region by region.
  • On the map in 605: 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.