Longmen Grottoes begun
Moving its capital to Luoyang, Northern Wei starts new grottoes
In 493–494 Emperor Xiaowen moved the Northern Wei capital from Pingcheng to Luoyang and set about turning his Xianbei court to Chinese ways. At the same time the Longmen caves began to be carved on the banks of the Yi near Luoyang; work went on into the Tang era, and there are over 100,000 statues.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Europe
- 476 Fall of the Western Roman Empire — 17 years earlier
- c. 496 Baptism of Clovis — 3 years later
- 507 Battle of Vouillé — 14 years later
Middle East
- c. 500 Completion of the Babylonian Talmud — 7 years later
Africa
- c. 500 Austronesian settlement of Madagascar — 7 years later
Americas
- c. 500 Rise of Tiwanaku — 7 years later
Alive at the time
- Justinian I (aged 11)
- Clovis I (aged 27)
- Aryabhata (aged 17)