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552Fall of the Rouran Empire of Central Asia; flight of the Avars.
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557Avars arrive in the Steppe.
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558Avar contact with the Byzantine Empire.
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c. 562Bayan I becomes king of the Avars.
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567Avars and Lombards ally to defeat the Gepids of Pannonia.
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568Lombards leave Pannonia for Italy; Bayan begins building his empire.
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569 - 592Rise and expansion of the Avar Empire.
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c. 580The Slavs and the Avars overwhelm Greece, Thrace and Thessaly.
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602Death of King Bayan I of the Avars.
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626A coalition of Persians, Slavs, Avars and Bulgars unsuccessfully lays siege to Constantinople.
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630Bulgar revolt against the Avars results in civil war.
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630 - 795Decline of the Avar Empire.
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796Avars conquered by Franks under Charlemagne.