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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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| 726 |
| | | The Venetians for the first time elect their own doge, acting independently of the Byzantine governor in Ravenna | |
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| c. 730 |
| | | Three of China's most famous poets - Wang Wei, Li Po and Tu Fu - are contemporaries during the T'ang dynasty | |
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| 731 |
| | | The Venerable Bede, in his monastery at Jarrow, completes his history of the English church and people | |
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| 732 |
| | | The Muslim advance into France is halted when Charles Martel defeats the Arabs between Poitiers and Tours | |
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