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| c. 700 |
| | | The ancient kingdom of Ghana is the first to be established at the southern end of the Saharan trade routes | |
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| c. 700 |
| | | Many Anglo-Saxon kingdoms have by now amalgated, until there are just the seven of the Heptarchy | |
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| 710 |
| | | The Japanese imperial court makes its capital city at Nara, based on the Chinese example of Xi'an | |
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| 711 |
| | | Muslim Arabs cross from north Africa into Spain and drive the Visigoths from Toledo | |
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| 712 |
| | | Muslims, arriving from Persia through Baluchistan, occupy the region of Sind in western India | |
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| 714 |
| | | The death of the Frankish 'mayor of the palace' Pepin II is followed by civil war between members of his family | |
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| 718 |
| | | Retreating from the Arab onslaught, the Visigoths establish a kingdom of last resort in the extreme north of Spain, in Asturias | |
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| 724 |
| | | The civil war among the Franks ends with complete victory for Charles Martel, an illegitimate grandson of Pepin II | |
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| c. 725 |
| | | The Frankish ruler Charles Martel, granting tracts of land to his nobles, lays the foundation for European feudalism | |
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| 726 |
| | | The emperor Leo III launches the iconoclastic controversy, sending soldiers to smash the great image of Christ over the gateway to his palace | |
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