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455| 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. | | 455 | UK [wars] | The Saxons rebel against the Welsh king Vortigern and fight the Britons in Britain. The Saxon leader Horsa, brother of Hengist, is said to have been slain at Aylesford. | | 455 | Western Roman Empire, Italy [wars] | Genseric the Vandal takes advantage of the death of Emperor Valentinian III and crosses from Africa to attack and loot Rome. Along with his booty Genseric abducts the Empress Eudoxia and her two daughters. |
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