General
Population: Between 190 and 230 million*
- Births: Atilla the Hun and Pope Leo I born
- Entertainment: Vatsayara composes the Kamasutra
- Languages: Celtic language dies out in Galati
Africa
- Bantu herders cultivating cattle in south-east Africa
Use of iron spreads through eastern and southern Africa
Christianity in Aksum empire in north-east Africa spreads
Noba people settle in Kush creating Nubian kingdom
Jenne-jeno flourishes as first town in W Africa
Americas
- North America: Zapotec state with capital at Monte Alban flourishes in southern Mexico
Rise of Teotihuacán Empire in Americas
The Fremont Culture develops through the Great Basin
- South America: Incans established in South America
Asia
- Cambodia: Khmers (Cambodians) established as a kingdom
- India: Gupta empire spans all India
Indian art flourishes in Gupta period
- Japan: First definite recorded Japanese history
Yamato state formed in Japan
Europe
- German States: Germanic invaders enter western empire
- Ireland: Christianity introduced into Ireland
- Scotland: St. Ninian brings Christianity to Scotland
Middle East
- End of Nabataean kingdom in Jordan region
Pacific
- Hawaii-Loa Tahitian chief discovers Hawaii