Political

Accession of Jayavarman Kaundinya

480s – 480s CE
Southeast Asia

Jayavarman of the Kaundinya line became king of Funan and reigned until his death in 514. Sanskrit inscriptions credit his reign with works that drained the marshes of the lower Mekong for farming.

Meanwhile, elsewhere

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5th century – 5th century CESalic law
54 BCE – 628 CERoman–Persian WarsMiddle East
500 CEBattle of BadonEurope
507 CEBattle of VouilleEurope
285 – 628 CEByzantine–Sassanian WarsEurope
2 June 455 CESack of RomeEurope
123 BCE – 476 CECura annonaeEurope