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Willibrord, recently arrived from England to convert the Frisians, is consecrated archbishop of a new see in Utrecht
Carthage is captured from the Byzantines by the Arabs and is finally destroyed, though Tunis will later rise nearby
The Lindisfarne Gospels are written and illuminated by Celtic monks on the Scottish island of Lindisfarne
Shortage of manpower in the Muslim armies causes a change of policy, with non-Arabs now allowed to convert to Islam
The African slave trade through the Sahara is so extensive that a new town, Zawila, is established as a trading station
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 quipu is used in the Wari culture and becomes the standard recording device of the Andean civilizations
The ancient kingdom of Ghana is the first to be established at the southern end of the Saharan trade routes
Many Anglo-Saxon kingdoms have by now amalgated, until there are just the seven of the Heptarchy
The Bhakti movement, devoted to Krishna and Rama and emphasizing that every individual is capable of salvation, rises in south India and spreads north through the centuries
The Japanese imperial court makes its capital city at Nara, based on the Chinese example of Xi'an
Muslim Arabs cross from north Africa into Spain and drive the Visigoths from Toledo
Muslims, arriving from Persia through Baluchistan, occupy the region of Sind in western India
The death of the Frankish 'mayor of the palace' Pepin II is followed by civil war between members of his family
Retreating from the Arab onslaught, the Visigoths establish a kingdom of last resort in the extreme north of Spain, in Asturias
The civil war among the Franks ends with complete victory for Charles Martel, an illegitimate grandson of Pepin II
The Frankish ruler Charles Martel, granting tracts of land to his nobles, lays the foundation for European feudalism
The emperor Leo III launches the iconoclastic controversy, sending soldiers to smash the great image of Christ over the gateway to his palace
The Venetians for the first time elect their own doge, acting independently of the Byzantine governor in Ravenna
Three of China's most famous poets - Wang Wei, Li Po and Tu Fu - are contemporaries during the T'ang dynasty
The Venerable Bede, in his monastery at Jarrow, completes his history of the English church and people
The Muslim advance into France is halted when Charles Martel defeats the Arabs between Poitiers and Tours
Japanese tradition gives this as the year in which the game of I-go, known in the west as go, is introduced from China
