Pakal the Great becomes ruler of Palenque
A boy king rules 68 years and makes his city a Maya jewel
Twelve-year-old Pakal took the throne of the Maya kingdom centred on Palenque and ruled for 68 years. The city flourished as one of the jewels of the Maya world, and his tomb in the Temple of the Inscriptions is a landmark find of American archaeology.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Middle East
- 622 Hijra: Muhammad's migration to Medina — 7 years later
- 636 Battle of the Yarmuk — 21 years later
Asia
- 605–610 Grand Canal of China — 10 years earlier
- 618 Founding of the Tang dynasty — 3 years later
- 628 Brahmagupta and the rules of zero — 13 years later
- 629–645 Xuanzang's journey to the West — 14 years later
Alive at the time
- Muhammad (aged 45)
- Ali ibn Abi Talib (aged 15)
- Pakal the Great (aged 12)
- Prince Shōtoku (aged 41)
- Emperor Taizong of Tang (aged 17)
- Xuanzang (aged 13)