阴土羊年 (female Earth-
Goat) 726 or 345 or −427 — to — 阳金猴年 (male Iron-
Monkey) 727 or 346 or −426
600 (DC) was a
leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the
Julian calendar. The denomination 600 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the
Anno Dominicalendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Chaturanga is played in its current form in
India (approximate date).
Yangdi, a
Sui emperor, extends the
Grand Canal. He reportedly assumes power by poisoning his father. Ma Shu-mou, aka Mahu, was one of the canal overseers and was said to have eaten a steamed 2-year-old child each day he worked on the canal. On completion the canal extended for 1,100 miles. 5.5 million people were pressed into service to complete the 1,550 mile canal.
Quill pens, made from the outer feathers of
crows and other large birds, became popular. The first books are printed in
China.
The oldest inscription in
Mon language dated from 600 AD. later found at Wat Phorang,
Thailand.
Mu becomes king of the Korean kingdom of
Baekje.[7]
The city of
Teotihuacan (Central
Mexico) begins to grow unstable, as they exhaust their resources until their inevitable collapse (possibly caused by the
Toltec) circa
700.
The Germanic peoples, due to the more abundant
food supply available, use the "moldboard"
plow, introduced by the Slavs in
Eastern Europe. The plow works the land with
horses and
oxen.[8]
Possibly the first reference to
chess is made in the
Persian work Karnamak-i-Artakhshatr-i-Papakan.