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613

* Shahrbaraz of Persia captures Damascus.
* Isanapura becomes the capital of the Cambodian kingdom of Chenla.

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612

Battle of Salsu River. Sui force attacks Goguryeo with a much larger force of over 300,000 but is thwarted by General Ulji Moonduk and only 2,700 Sui troops survive

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611

Cynegils becomes King of Wessex.

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610

* October 4 - Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows East Roman Emperor Phocas and becomes Emperor. His first major act is to change the official language of the East Roman Empire from Latin to Greek (already the language of the vast majority of the population). Because of this, after AD 610 the East Roman Empire is customarily referred to as the Byzantine Empire (the term Byzantine is a modern term invented by historians in the 18th Century; the people of the Empire itself always referred to themselves as "Ρωμιούς").(in English=Romious)

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609

Edessa is taken by the Sassanids

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608

Prince Shotoku of Japan appoints Ono no Imoko as official envoy to Sui for a second time and sends him to pay tribute to the Sui court.

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607

The Pantheon in Rome is made a church

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606

Shashanka is the first recorded independent king of Bengal (approximate date).

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605

* As a result of quarrel between Numan III, the Lakhmid ruler, and the Persian Chosroes the Persian border with Arabia is no long guarded.
* Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty orders the capital to be transferred from Chang'an to Luoyang, and orders the Grand Canal to be built.
* Amshuvarma becomes king of Licchavi.

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604

The Visigoths drive the last Byzantines from Spain.