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| 743 |
| | | Boniface, working as a missionary among pagan Germans, makes his headquarters at Mainz | |
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| 747 |
| | | The elder son of Charles Martel retires to a monastery, leaving Pepin III in control of the entire Frankish empire | |
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| c. 750 |
| | | With papal support Pepin III is elected king of the Franks, beginning the Carolingian dynasty (named from his father, Charles Martel) | |
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| c. 750 |
| | | Karaism, relying on scripture rather than rabbinical commentary, develops among the Jewish community in Babylon | |
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| c. 750 |
| | | T'ang potters make vigorous and brightly coloured figures, of horses, camels or human attendants, to accompany the dead in the grave | |
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| c. 750 |
| | | The Arabic language gradually replaces Aramaic as the lingua franca of the Middle East | |
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| c. 750 |
| | | The professional bards of the Germanic tribes give lasting life to Norse legend | |
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| c. 750 |
| | | Sufism develops as a mystical strain within Islam | |
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| 750 |
| | | The Abbasids massacre the Umayyads in Damascus and establish a new caliphate | |
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| 751 |
| | | A battle at the Talas river, between the Chinese and the Arabs, is a decisive victory for the Arabs | |
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