7th century

The 7th century is the period from 601 - 700 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian Era.

Overview

Events

The first surah in a handwritten copy of the Qur'an.

• The Roman-Persian Wars end.
• Islam starts in Arabia, the Qur'an is documented.
• Sutton Hoo ship burial, East Anglia (modern England)
• Xuan Zang (aka Hsuan-Tsang) traveled from China to India, before returning to Chang An in China to translate Buddhist scriptures.
• End of sporadic Buddhist rule in the Sindh.
• Croats and Serbs entered their present territory early in the 7th century AD, settling in six distinct tribal delimitations, whilst Croats set up early states.
• Teotihuacan is sacked and burnt.
• The religion of Shugendo evolves from Buddhism, Taoism, Shinto and other influences in the mountains of Japan.
• The Bulgars arrive in the Balkans.
• Arab traders penetrate the area of Lake Chad.
• First English poetry
• Library of Alexandria destroyed again
• Tang Dynasty of China

Significant persons

• The Unknown Archont led the Serbs to the Balkans from the north
• Antara Ibn Shaddad, Arab poet
• Augustine Eriugena, Irish scientist
• Brahmagupta, Indian mathematician
• Cenn Fáelad mac Aillila, Irish scholar, died 679
• Gregory the Great (Pope, 540-604)
• Saint Cuthbert
• Heraclius - Warrior Emperor of Byzantium who won numerous victories against the Sassanids (Persians)
• Emperor Taizong of Tang China
• Muhammad (570-632), founder of Islamic religion
• Abu Bakr, first caliph of Islam
• Ali ibn Abi Talib (600-661), cousin of Muhammad, fourth caliph of Islam
• Saint Asaph'
• Umar, second caliph of Islam
• Asparuh - Khan of the Bulgars
• Uthman, third caliph of Islam
• Pulakesi II, comes to power
• Isaac of Nineveh (d 700) Nestorian theologian

Inventions, discoveries, introductions

• The stirrup introduced to Persia from China, late 7th century
• Earliest known record of the game Chatrang, predecessor to Chess

Decades and years