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Events relating to asia
Ali is assassinated and Mu'awiya becomes the fifth Muslim caliph, establishing the Umayyad dynasty
The emergence of the Shi'a party creates a major schism within Islam
With the entire middle east under their control, the Arabs make Damascus the capital of the Umayyad caliphate
A Muslim fleet attacking Constantinople is deterred by the first known use of the Byzantine secret recipe for 'Greek fire'
Husayn, the son of Ali, dies at Karbala in a battle against rival Muslims and becomes the most holy of Shi'ite martyrs
The Dome of the Rock is completed as a Muslim shrine on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem
Shortage of manpower in the Muslim armies causes a change of policy, with non-Arabs now allowed to convert to Islam
The discovery of the technique of porcelain, the most delicate of all forms of pottery, is made in China
Turkish tribes, northern neighbours of the Muslims in central Asia, begin to adopt Islam as their religion
The earliest two Turkish states are the confederation of Gök Türk and the empire of the Khazars
The Japanese imperial court makes its capital city at Nara, based on the Chinese example of Xi'an
Muslims, arriving from Persia through Baluchistan, occupy the region of Sind in western India
Three of China's most famous poets - Wang Wei, Li Po and Tu Fu - are contemporaries during the T'ang dynasty
Japanese tradition gives this as the year in which the game of I-go, known in the west as go, is introduced from China
Karaism, relying on scripture rather than rabbinical commentary, develops among the Jewish community in Babylon
T'ang potters make vigorous and brightly coloured figures, of horses, camels or human attendants, to accompany the dead in the grave
The Arabic language gradually replaces Aramaic as the lingua franca of the Middle East
Sufism develops as a mystical strain within Islam
The Abbasids massacre the Umayyads in Damascus and establish a new caliphate
A battle at the Talas river, between the Chinese and the Arabs, is a decisive victory for the Arabs
Skilled Chinese paper-makers are captured by the Arabs - beginning the slow westward transmission of the technology of paper
Muscat and Oman establish a tradition of spiritual rule by elected imams
The Abbasid caliphs create Baghdad as a new capital city on the Tigris
The empress of Japan, in a remarkable start to the story of printing, commissions a million copies of a Buddhist charm
The Japanese imperial court moves to a new capital city - Kyoto
