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700| 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. | | c. 700 | Central America [wars] | Teotihuacán in the Valley of Mexico, for over 500 years the dominant power of Mesoamerica (the area of the Mexican and Mayan civilizations), is sacked and burnt by unknown attackers and abandoned. | | c. 700 | Wessex [legislation] | King Ine of Wessex, England, issues one of the earliest written Anglo-Saxon law codes. The fact that the area, which includes the modern counties of Dorset and Somerset, still contains many Celts, is shown by a reference to a separate class called Welshmen. Most crimes are punishable by payments of compensation to the victims or their families. |
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