Fall of Tikal
Calakmul and Caracol defeat the mightiest Maya city
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In 562 the ruler of Caracol, an ally of the Kaanul kingdom (Calakmul), crushed Tikal; Tikal's king Wak Chan K'awiil was probably sacrificed. Tikal entered its 'hiatus' — more than a century without new inscriptions — and Calakmul became the leading Maya power.
Wikipedia (English) · 6th century
Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Europe
- 537 Hagia Sophia consecrated — 25 years earlier
- 541–549 Plague of Justinian — 21 years earlier
- 568 Lombards invade Italy — 6 years later
Middle East
- c. 570 Year of the Elephant — 8 years later
Asia
- c. 538 Buddhism reaches Japan — 24 years earlier
- 552 Founding of the First Turkic Khaganate — 10 years earlier
Alive at the time
- Justinian I (aged 80)
- Khosrow I (aged 61)