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200–700Central 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.
400–500India [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.
452Western Roman Empire, Italy [wars]Under Attila, the Huns advance into Italy. The emperor Valentinian III flees from Ravenna to Rome and sends Pope Leo I to persuade Attila to return to his capital. Aquileia falls to Attila and Milan has to buy him off before Pope Leo, his hand strengthened by news of reinforcements from the Eastern Roman Empire and the plague breaking out among the Huns, is able to persuade Attila to withdraw.


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