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| c. 500 |
| | | The temple city of Tikal is one of many Mayan city states of the Classic period | |
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| 552 |
| | | The territories won by Clovis become divided into the two Frankish kingdoms of Austrasia and Neustria | |
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| c. 584 |
| | | Byzantine Italy is brought under a new administration, or exarchate, based in Ravenna | |
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| c. 650 |
| | | In the Frankish kingdoms the 'mayors of the palace' steadily become more powerful than their nominal masters, the Merovingian kings | |
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| c. 700 |
| | | The ancient kingdom of Ghana is the first to be established at the southern end of the Saharan trade routes | |
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| c. 700 |
| | | Many Anglo-Saxon kingdoms have by now amalgated, until there are just the seven of the Heptarchy | |
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| 710 |
| | | The Japanese imperial court makes its capital city at Nara, based on the Chinese example of Xi'an | |
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| c. 725 |
| | | The Frankish ruler Charles Martel, granting tracts of land to his nobles, lays the foundation for European feudalism | |
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| 726 |
| | | The Venetians for the first time elect their own doge, acting independently of the Byzantine governor in Ravenna | |
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| 751 |
| | | Muscat and Oman establish a tradition of spiritual rule by elected imams | |
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