6th century in China

dynasty that ruled over China from 581 to 618

Sogdia () or Sogdiana was an ancient Iranian civilization between the Amu Darya and the Syr Darya rivers, and in present-day Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. Sogdiana was also a province of the Achaemenid Empire, and listed on the Behistun Inscription of Darius the Great. Sogdiana was first conquered by Cyrus the Great, the founder of the Achaemenid Empire, and then was annexed by the Macedonian ruler Alexander the Great in 328 BC. It would continue to change hands under the Seleucid Empire, the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom, the Kushan Empire, the Sasanian Empire, th

period in Chinese history from 420 to 589

Chinese polymath, writer, alchemist and astronomer, founder of Shangqing Taoism (456–536)

conflict between Sui dynasty of China and Goguryeo Kingdom of Korea

6th century event, in which two Nestorian monks smuggled silkworm from China into the Byzantine Empire, leading to the establishment of an indigenous Byzantine silk industry

Historical description of holidays in China

507 battle between Liang dynasty and Northern Wei