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General

Population: Between 190 and 230 million*

• Entertainment: Earliest Chinese roll paintings in Tun-hu-ang (landscapes)
• Environment: Major explosion of Krakatoa results in period of global cooling
• Religion: Pope John II dies - Pope Agapetus I appointed
  St. Benedict writes about monastic rule
• Deaths: Pope John II

Africa

• Christian basilica at Leptis Magna in north Africa built
  End of Vandal kingdom in north Africa

Asia

• General: Major explosion of Krakatoa results in period of global cooling
• China: Earliest Chinese roll paintings in Tun-hu-ang (landscapes)
• India: Gupta Empire falls to Hephthalites in India

Europe

• Ireland: Famine
• Italian States: Byzantine general Belisarius occupies Ostrogoth kingdom of Italy until 540

Middle East

• Byzantine Empire: Byzantine forces begin to reconquer Italy until 554