he 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.
400–500 India [chess] Shaturanga (or chaturanga), ‘the army game’, an ancestor of chess through the Persian game of shatranj (or chatrang), evolves in the Indus Valley on the Indian subcontinent.
c. 500 China [food and drink] The habit of tea drinking becomes popular in southern China, a custom which has probably been imported from Tibet.
c. 500 Japan [political events] By the end of the 5th century AD, the Japanese have coalesced into one nation and culture.
he 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.
400–500 India [chess] Shaturanga (or chaturanga), ‘the army game’, an ancestor of chess through the Persian game of shatranj (or chatrang), evolves in the Indus Valley on the Indian subcontinent.
c. 500 China [food and drink] The habit of tea drinking becomes popular in southern China, a custom which has probably been imported from Tibet.
c. 500 Japan [political events] By the end of the 5th century AD, the Japanese have coalesced into one nation and culture.
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