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| 533 |
| | | The Byzantine general Belisarius recovers Carthage from the Vandals | |
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| 534 |
| | | The codification of Roman law, ordered by Justinian, is completed | |
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| c. 535 |
| | | Belisarius, conquering the Vandals in north Africa, pioneers the strategic concept of the castle | |
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| 535 |
| | | Belisarius lands in Sicily at the start of a five-year campaign to recover Ravenna for the Byzantine emperor | |
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| 537 |
| | | The great domed church of Santa Sophia, bebuilt on the orders of Justinian, is completed after only five years of construction | |
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| 537 |
| | | The vast dome of Santa Sophia in Constantinople is supported on a square of four arches, making the most sophisticated use so far of the pendentive | |
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| 538 |
| | | A Buddhist image, sent as a gift from Korea, introduces the religion to Japan | |
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| c. 540 |
| | | Khosrau I builds himself a superb new palace, of which the great vaulted Taq-e Kisra remains today at Ctesiphon | |
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| c. 540 |
| | | Khosrau I commissions a spectacular Spring Carpet for the floor of his hall of audience in Ctesiphon | |
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| c. 543 |
| | | Christianity reaches the kingdom of Dongola, in present-day Sudan | |
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