602
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| Years: 598 599 600 601 - 602 - 603 604 605 606 | |
| Decades: 570s 580s 590s - 600s - 610s 620s 630s | |
| Centuries: 6th century - 7th century - 8th century | |
Events
- Phocas kills Byzantine Emperor Maurice and makes himself emperor
- Beginning of a series of wars between the Byzantine Empire and the Sassanids
Births
- Mu'awiyah, founder of the Umayyad Dynasty of caliphs (approximate date)
- Xuanzang, famous Chinese Buddhist monk.
- Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 690)
Deaths
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