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536| 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. | | 536–540 | Italy [wars] | The Roman general Belisarius captures Naples and enters Rome unopposed. Witigis, new king of the Ostrogoths, besieges Belisarius in Rome but gives up after a year. Belisarius in turn besieges Ravenna, which finally capitulates. | | 536 | Southeast Asia [natural disasters] | Dust from volcanic eruptions in Southeast Asia is flung high in the atmosphere, blocking out sunlight and cooling the climate, causing a severe winter as far away as Europe, where the Mediterranean is covered by a ‘dry fog’. |
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