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Events
- Islam starts in Arabia, the Qur'an is written and Syria, Iraq, Persia, Egypt, North Africa and Central Asia fall to Islam.
- Sutton Hoo ship burial, East Anglia (modern England)
- Xuan Zang (aka Hsuan-Tsang) travelled from China to India, before returning to Chang An in China to translate Buddhist scriptures.
- End of sporadic Buddhist rule in the Sindh.
- Serbs and Croats entered their present territory early in the 7th century AD, settling in six distinct tribal delimitations, and setting up early states.
- Teotihuacan is sacked and burnt.
- The religion of Shugendo evolves from Buddhism, Taoism, Shinto and other influences in the mountains of Japan.
- The Bulgars arrive in the Balkans.
- Arab traders penetrate the area of Lake Chad.
- First English poetry
Significant persons
Inventions, discoveries, introductions
- The stirrup introduced to Persia from China, late 7th century
- Earliest known record of the game Chatrang, predecessor to Chess
Decades and years
Category:7th century
af:7de eeu
ca:Segle VII
cs:7. století
da:7. århundrede
de:7. Jahrhundert
es:Siglo VII
eo:7-a jarcento
fr:VIIe siècle
fy:7e ieu
ko:7세기
io:7ma yar-cento
it:VII secolo
lb:7. Joerhonnert
li:Zevende ieuw
nl:7e eeuw
ja:7世紀
nb:7. århundre
nn:600-talet
pl:VII wiek
pt:Século VII
ro:Secolul VII
ru:VII век
sl:7. stoletje
fi:600-luku
sv:600-talet
uk:7 століття
zh:7世纪