General
Population: Between 190 and 230 million*
Europe
- Franco-German States: Kingdom of Thuringia overthrown by Franks
- Wales: Famine and small plague in south
Middle East
- General: End of war between Byzantium and Persia with 75,000 dead
- Byzantine Empire: Byzantine General Belisarius recalled to Constantinople
- Persia: Chostoes I becomes king of Persia – cultural awakening and height of Sasanid empire