Hello everyone! I would like to have ANY information on this era, including empires/kingdoms, rulers, calamities etc. etc. If you think that there shouldn't be military info on this thread, just let me know, and I'll make another thread on it's proper palce.

Thank you in advance!

Originally posted by Genghis Europe as we know was in the clutches of the Dark Ages.  Arabia would be unified by the successors of Mohammed and this century would see their violent expansion across much of the modern Islamic World.  The Byzantine Empire would lose control of Egypt and the Middle East to the Arab Muslims in the latter half of this century, but they would develop Greek fire.  And China would reach a golden age under the glorious Tang dynasty.

 

Or Europe had just emerged from the Dark Ages of Roman oppression and a variety of localised civilisations flourished across the continent.

This era has just passed over the Mesoamerican Classical age and Koreas many kingdoms are fighting it out with Chinese and Japanese interference.  Certainly though Muslim expansion is he biggest thing that happens here.

Originally posted by vagabond The Japanese were ejected from their holdings in Korea

Argh I hate this!    First of all what defines Japanese in this time period.  Second of all you are no doubt referring to the Federation of Gaya which was a sovereign state.  This is a remanent of Japanese Imperial History that was tailored to suit their needs.  "Oh we're annexing Korea to get back lost land."  It is generally accepted now that Gaya and Wa were good amigos with great trade connections and a military alliance with Baekje.  Nothing more.

Sorry if I sounded a bit angry there Vagabond...but I didn't think I had to deal with this anymore...ugh...I can't believe this is still around. 

Gaya

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Gaya
Korean Name
Revised Romanization	Gaya
McCune-Reischauer	Kaya
Hangul	가야
Hanja	加耶 or 伽倻

This article is about the Gaya confederacy of ancient Korea. For other meanings of the term Gaya, see isambiguation%29" title="Gaya (disambiguation)">Gaya (disambiguation).

Gaya (가야; 加耶, 伽耶, 伽倻, also known as Garak (가락; 駕洛, 迦落, Gara (가라; 加羅, 伽羅, 迦羅, 柯羅, Garyang(가량,加良, or Guya (구야, 狗耶 was a confederacy of chiefdoms that existed in the Three Kingdoms era in ancient Korea.

The History of Korea

Gojoseon Samhan Three Kingdoms :  Goguryeo, Baekje, Silla Unified Silla and Balhae Later Three Kingdoms Goryeo Joseon Japanese occupation Divided Korea :  N. Korea, S. Korea

Gaya is thought to have arisen from a more ancient confederacy of chiefdoms called Byeonhan. The nature of the transition is not clear from historical sources. However, on the basis of archeological sources as well as limited historical indications, scholars such as Cheol (2000) have identified the late third century AD as a period of transition from Byeonhan to Gaya. At this time records show increasing military activity and changed funerary customs. This would also coincide in part with the decline of the Chinese commanderies on the peninsula. Cheol (2000) further argues that this was associated with the replacement of the previous elite in some principalities (including Daegaya) by elements from the Manchurian kingdom of Buyeo, who brought a more militaristic style of rule.

According to a legend recorded in the Samguk Yusa, in the year 42, 6 eggs descended from the heaven with message that they would be kings. 6 eggs hatched and 6 boys were born, and within 12 days they grew mature. One of them, named Suro (수로; 首露, became the king of Geumgwan Gaya (금관 가야, and the other five founded the other five Gayas, namely Daegaya (대가야, Seongsan Gaya (성산 가야, Ara Gaya (아라 가야, Goryeong Gaya (고령 가야, and Sogaya (소가야.

Different records list different chiefdoms of Gaya. Goryeo Saryak (고려사략; 高麗史略 lists five; Geumgwan Gaya, Goryeong Gaya, Bihwa Gaya, Ara Gaya and Seongsan Gaya.

Situated around the mouth of the Nakdong River, an area with fertile plains, access to the sea, and rich iron deposits, Gaya had an economy based on agriculture and fishing as well as trade. It was particularly known for its ironworking, as Byeonhan had been before it. Gaya exported abundant quantities of iron armor and weaponry to Baekje and the kingdom of Wa in Yamato period Japan. In contrast to the largely commercial and non-political ties of Byeonhan, Gaya seems to have attempted to maintain strong political ties with these kingdoms as well.

The various Gaya mini-states formed a confederacy in the 2nd and 3rd centuries centred around Geumgwan Gaya in modern Gimhae. After a period of decline, the confederacy was revived around the turn of the 5th and 6th centuries, this time centred around Daegaya of modern Goryeong, but it was unable to defend itself for long against Silla and Baekje. In 562, Daegaya, the last of the Gaya states, fell to Silla.

The nature of the relationship between the Japanese kingdom of Wa and the Gaya states has been a matter of extensive controversy. Japanese scholars traditionally have argued, on the basis of various sources including the Nihonshoki, that Gaya was a colony or tributary of Wa. Korean scholars have rejected this, on the basis of Korean sources which make no mention of Japanese suzerainty. Today, most scholars regardless of nationality concede that the relationship between Gaya and Wa was close, but not colonial.

Edited by Gubukjanggoon

Kuu-ukko  I hope that some of this helps

Gubukjanggoon - my goodness - you can read a lot into a single phrase.  You have somehow interpreted a historical statement on the growth of the Silla kingdom  as being a political commentary with Japanese Imperialistic overtones? That was not in any way my intent.  One of the sources I consulted in trying to help Kuu-ukko said quite simply " ... the Korean kingdom of Silla rid itself of Japanese influence on the peninsula.  The Japanese were now ejected from a coastal area which they had held .. "  This is a simple statement of historical events that ocurred in the last half of the 6th c and was in no way intended to be a political statement.

The information on Gaya was very interesting, and quite informative - but well off topic - the question raised was about events that occurred around 600 - 700 AD.  What modern societies have done to try and coopt these historical events to further their own political interests lies well beyond the scope of this thread.  Please do not try to coopt this thread with the same intent. 

Perhaps you can share with Kuu-ukko some things that did happen in that time period?

Chinese- very strong. they rule eastern asia. Tang dynasty is found.

Turks- very strong. they rule most of asia from the eastern sea in the east, to the volga river in the west. Turkish migrations to eastern europe, scandinavia and eastern persia begins.

Arabs- �slamic expansion begins, and they invade all middle east, noth africa, east africa, persia. some nations being converted to �slam.

Bzynthines-powerful but loses middle east to Muslim Arabs. they are dominant in meditarinnean

European nations-they are weak after the fall of roman empire. they became christians and cannot be organised.

 

Mesoamerica was on the Late Classic Period ( 600 AD - 900 AD ).

source: http://www.ukans.edu/~hoopes/506/Chronology.htm

Late Classic (AD 600 - 900) - The beginning of the Late Classic period is marked by major upheavals in central Mexico. Between AD 600 and 700, the center of Teotihuacan suffers from a dramatic decline, with repercussions throughout Mesoamerica. The city loses most of its population, either through warfare, disease, or abandonment. This is not an end to Teotihuacan's influence, which persists for several centuries through peoples descended from Teotihuacan lineages.
    The period of the flourishing of Maya civilization in the Pet�n, Chiapas, western Honduras, and the Yucat�n Peninsula. Populations of Maya centers like Tikal swell to almost 100,000 people, supported by intensive agricultural techniques that include raised fields and labor-intensive harvests. Maya architecture and artwork reach their highest expression, as evidenced by centers like Palenque, Yaxchil�n, Cop�n, Dos Pilas, and Chich�n Itz�. Maya vase painting becomes a fine art, with depictions of Maya royal life and scenes from mythology (such as the Popol Vuh). Pyramid/tombs are constructed to honor Maya ahaus, whose lives are filled with ceremonial activities centering on bloodletting rituals, calendric events, dynastic rites of succession, and warfare with lords of other Maya centers. Around AD 800, there is evidence for a dramatic increase in the frequency, prevalence, and scale of warfare, which takes its toll on the social landscape. By the end of the Late Classic period, the ceremonial cycle of stela carving and the dedication of buildings comes to an end at most of the centers in the Pet�n, probably as a result of increased warfare and environmental stress. However, ritual activity continues in the northern Yucat�n Peninsula, especially at sites like Chich�n Itz� and Uxmal.

That's a lot of nations.

"Turks- very strong. they rule most of asia from the eastern sea in the east, to the volga river in the west. Turkish migrations to eastern europe, scandinavia and eastern persia begins."

 

Thats the 6th century not the 7th.

Yes, you are right. But the G�kt�rks still exist powerfully from the eastern sea to the caspian sea.