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| 1704 |
| | The tenth Sikh guru, Gobind Rai, names as his successor the sacred book known as the Granth | |
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| 1707 |
| | The death of Aurangzeb introduces the long period of decline of the Mughal empire | |
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| 1720 |
| | The Dalai Lama in Lhasa accepts Chinese imperial protection, which lasts until 1911 | |
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| 1728 |
| | The Danish explorer Vitus Bering sails into Arctic seas through the strait between Asia and America known now by his name | |
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| 1736 |
| | The leader of a gang of tribal brigands seizes the Persian throne and takes the name Nadir Shah | |
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| 1739 |
| | The Persian ruler Nadir Shah enters Delhi and removes much of the accumulated treasure of the Mughal empire | |
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| 1744 |
| | Muhammad ibn Saud begins the expansion of power that will lead eventually to the establishment of Saudi Arabia | |
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| 1744 |
| | The Muslim reformer Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab makes an alliance with Muhammad ibn Saud, of significance to the later Saudi dynasty | |
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| 1746 |
| | French forces capture the British East India Company's fort of Madras | |
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| 1747 |
| | A tribal leader, Ahmad Shah Abdali, is elected king of the Afghans in an event seen as the foundation of the Aghan nation | |
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