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406| 200–700 | Central America [statistics and demography] | The Zapotec site of Monte Albán in Central America is at its peak in this period. It may have had 30,000 or more inhabitants. It is the centre of a complex of public buildings, temples, and dwellings that cover 40 sq km/15 sq mi. | | 400–500 | India [chess] | Shaturanga (or chaturanga), ‘the army game’, an ancestor of chess through the Persian game of shatranj (or chatrang), evolves in the Indus Valley on the Indian subcontinent. | | 406 | Western Roman Empire, UK [political events] | As the Roman government has ceased to send out governors or organize troops in the wake of the Vandal conquest of Gaul, the Romano-British elect their own emperors. The first is Marcus, who is succeeded by Gratian. | | 406 | Europe [births and deaths] | Attila, King of the Huns jointly with his brother Bleda 434–45 and on his own 445–53, who invaded the southern Balkan provinces of the Roman Empire, Greece, Gaul, and Italy, born (–453). | | 31 December 406 | Roman Empire [barbarian invasions of Rome (378–476)] | The River Rhine in central Europe freezes over, allowing hordes of Vandals, Alans, and Scieri to invade the Roman Empire, ultimately leading to its collapse. |
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