550 - Definition and Overview

Events

• End of the Eastern Wei Dynasty and beginning of the Northern Qi Dynasty in northern China. Northern Qi Wen Xuan Di is the first ruler of the Northern Qi Dynasty.
• Silk reaches Constantinople (approximate date).
• Hindu mathematicians give zero a numeral representation in a positional notation system.
• The Franks conquer the Thuringii (approximate date).
• The main redaction of Babylonian Talmud is completed under Rabbis Ravina and Ashi (approximate date).
• Construction of the acropolis of Quiriguá begins (approximate date).

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