7th century
Post-Roman, pre-Viking
The 7th century spans the years 601 to 700 CE.
Like other century designations, the number runs one ahead of the year's leading digits—the 600s fall in the 7th century, not the 6th.
This period saw the rise of Islam, the Tang dynasty's golden age in China, and the decline of classical antiquity in Europe.
- Arab tribesKinship groups of Arabia
- Eastern Roman EmpireConstantinople-centered medieval state
- Byzantine EmpireMedieval eastern Roman state
- NorthumbriaEarly medieval English kingdom
- Umayyad CaliphateEarly Islamic dynastic empire
Migration Period · Muhammad · Tang · military campaigns · Quran · Silk Road · golden age · scrolls · conquest · Constantinople · monks · Book of Kells · Arabia · desert caravans · holy pilgrimage · Dome of the Rock · Islam · trade routes
7th century21st century
Years 2001 to 2100
modern era · 20th century · today · now
7th centuryDigital Age
Post-internet historical period
modern times · Industrial Age · nuclear age · machine age · Age of Enlightenment