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614| 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. | | 598–665 | [maths] | Indian mathematician and astronomer Brahmagupta uses negative numbers in mathematics, and introduces a method of approximation for calculating the sines of small angles. | | 605–647 | India [administration] | During his reign of over 40 years, King Harsha of Kanauj, on the River Ganges, brings most of northern India under his control. He is the last Indian king to rule a more than purely regional state until the 13th century. | | 605–649 | Tibet [administration] | During his 44-year reign, King Srong-btsan-Gyam-po unites the Tibetans in a powerful kingdom, annexes the area of modern Nepal, and builds himself a capital at Lhasa. For the next 200 years Tibet is the major power of central Asia. | | 614 | England [births and deaths] | St Hilda of Whitby, one of the leading abbesses of Anglo-Saxon England, founder of Whitby Abbey, born in Northumbria, England (–680). | | 614 | Frankish Kingdom [political events] | After dominating Frankish politics for 20 years, the ruthless queen Brunhild is executed by the young Chlotar II who reunites the (Merovingian) Frankish kingdom under a single ruler after 50 years of civil wars. | | 614 | Persia, Sassanian Empire, Byzantine Empire [wars] | King Chosroes II of Sasanian Persia declares holy war on the Christian Byzantine Empire and sacks Jerusalem, capturing the True Cross. His victories over the Byzantines earn Chosroes the nickname Parvez (‘the Victorious’). |
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