The
Byzantine Empire suffered setbacks during the rapid expansion of the
Caliphate and a mass incursion of Slavs in the Balkans which reduced its territorial limits. The decisive victory at the
Siege of Constantinople in the 670s led the empire to retain
Asia Minor which assured the existence of the empire.[1]
In China, the
Sui dynasty was replaced by the
Tang dynasty, which set up its military bases from Korea to Central Asia. China began to reach its height.
Silla allied itself with the Tang dynasty, subjugating
Baekje and defeating Goguryeo to unite the
Korean Peninsula under one ruler. While the
Asuka period persisted in Japan throughout the 7th century.
Harsha united Northern India, which had reverted to small republics and states after the fall of the
Gupta Empire in the 6th century.
Events
The
world's population shrinks to about 208 million people. (from 257 million in 200 AD)[3]
The
Anglo-SaxonHeptarchy emerges at the beginning of this century or the last in England.[4]
606:
Pope Boniface III elected to the papacy on the death of
Pope Sabinian. He sought and obtained a decree from Byzantine Emperor
Phocas which stated that "the See of Blessed Peter the
Apostle should be the head of all the Churches". This ensured that the title of "Universal Bishop" belonged exclusively to the
Bishop of Rome.
Mid-7th century: Durga Mahishasura-mardini (Durga as Slayer of the Buffalo Demon), rock-cut relief,
Mamallapuram,
Tamil Nadu, India, is made. Pallava period. It is now kept at Asian Art Archives,
University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor.
664: A Tang dynasty Chinese source written by
I-tsing, mentioned about Holing (
Kalingga) kingdom, located somewhere in the northern coast of Central Java.[6]
668: The end of the
Goguryeo–Tang War, as Goguryeo fell to a joint attack by Tang China and
Unified Silla of Korea, the latter of which held the former Goguryeo domains.
687: I-tsing returned to
Srivijaya in on his way back from India to China. In his record he reported that the
Kingdom of Malayu was captured by Srivijaya.[10]
700: Wet-field rice cultivation, small towns and kingdoms flourish. Trade links are established with China and India.[12]
c. late 7th century: The
Sojomerto inscription (discovered in Batang, Central Java) is dated around this time, it mentions Dapunta Selendra, possibly the ancestor of the
Sailendra dynasty. The inscription was written in
Old Malay, suggesting a Srivijayan link to this family.[13]
Inventions, discoveries, introductions
Earliest known record of the game
Chaturanga, a predecessor to
Chess.
The Indian Mathematician
Brahmagupta presented the first instance of finite difference interpolation.
7th century:
Porcelain in
Tang dynastyChina: True porcelain is manufactured in northern China from roughly the beginning of the Tang dynasty in the 7th century, while true porcelain was not manufactured in southern China until about 300 years later, during the early 10th century.[22]
^Kumar, Jayanth V. (2011). "Oral hygiene aids". Textbook of preventive and community dentistry (2nd ed.). Elsevier. pp. 412–413.
ISBN978-81-312-2530-1.
Pryor, John H.; Jeffreys, Elizabeth M. (2006), The Age of the ΔΡΟΜΩΝ: The Byzantine Navy ca. 500–1204, Brill Academic Publishers,
ISBN978-9004151970
Roland, Alex (1992), "Secrecy, Technology, and War: Greek Fire and the Defense of Byzantium", Technology and Culture, 33 (4): 655–679,
doi:
10.2307/3106585,
JSTOR3106585,
S2CID113017993
The
Byzantine Empire suffered setbacks during the rapid expansion of the
Caliphate and a mass incursion of Slavs in the Balkans which reduced its territorial limits. The decisive victory at the
Siege of Constantinople in the 670s led the empire to retain
Asia Minor which assured the existence of the empire.[1]
In China, the
Sui dynasty was replaced by the
Tang dynasty, which set up its military bases from Korea to Central Asia. China began to reach its height.
Silla allied itself with the Tang dynasty, subjugating
Baekje and defeating Goguryeo to unite the
Korean Peninsula under one ruler. While the
Asuka period persisted in Japan throughout the 7th century.
Harsha united Northern India, which had reverted to small republics and states after the fall of the
Gupta Empire in the 6th century.
Events
The
world's population shrinks to about 208 million people. (from 257 million in 200 AD)[3]
The
Anglo-SaxonHeptarchy emerges at the beginning of this century or the last in England.[4]
606:
Pope Boniface III elected to the papacy on the death of
Pope Sabinian. He sought and obtained a decree from Byzantine Emperor
Phocas which stated that "the See of Blessed Peter the
Apostle should be the head of all the Churches". This ensured that the title of "Universal Bishop" belonged exclusively to the
Bishop of Rome.
Mid-7th century: Durga Mahishasura-mardini (Durga as Slayer of the Buffalo Demon), rock-cut relief,
Mamallapuram,
Tamil Nadu, India, is made. Pallava period. It is now kept at Asian Art Archives,
University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor.
664: A Tang dynasty Chinese source written by
I-tsing, mentioned about Holing (
Kalingga) kingdom, located somewhere in the northern coast of Central Java.[6]
668: The end of the
Goguryeo–Tang War, as Goguryeo fell to a joint attack by Tang China and
Unified Silla of Korea, the latter of which held the former Goguryeo domains.
687: I-tsing returned to
Srivijaya in on his way back from India to China. In his record he reported that the
Kingdom of Malayu was captured by Srivijaya.[10]
700: Wet-field rice cultivation, small towns and kingdoms flourish. Trade links are established with China and India.[12]
c. late 7th century: The
Sojomerto inscription (discovered in Batang, Central Java) is dated around this time, it mentions Dapunta Selendra, possibly the ancestor of the
Sailendra dynasty. The inscription was written in
Old Malay, suggesting a Srivijayan link to this family.[13]
Inventions, discoveries, introductions
Earliest known record of the game
Chaturanga, a predecessor to
Chess.
The Indian Mathematician
Brahmagupta presented the first instance of finite difference interpolation.
7th century:
Porcelain in
Tang dynastyChina: True porcelain is manufactured in northern China from roughly the beginning of the Tang dynasty in the 7th century, while true porcelain was not manufactured in southern China until about 300 years later, during the early 10th century.[22]
^Kumar, Jayanth V. (2011). "Oral hygiene aids". Textbook of preventive and community dentistry (2nd ed.). Elsevier. pp. 412–413.
ISBN978-81-312-2530-1.
Pryor, John H.; Jeffreys, Elizabeth M. (2006), The Age of the ΔΡΟΜΩΝ: The Byzantine Navy ca. 500–1204, Brill Academic Publishers,
ISBN978-9004151970
Roland, Alex (1992), "Secrecy, Technology, and War: Greek Fire and the Defense of Byzantium", Technology and Culture, 33 (4): 655–679,
doi:
10.2307/3106585,
JSTOR3106585,
S2CID113017993