By place 766
1 place
1.1 byzantine empire
1.2 abbasid caliphate
1.3 asia
by place
byzantine empire
august 25 – emperor constantine v publicly humiliates 19 high-ranking officials in hippodrome of constantinople, after discovering plot against him. executes leaders, constantine podopagouros , brother strategios, , blinds , exiles rest.
autumn – siege of kamacha: abbasid forces under al-hasan ibn qahtaba defeated @ fortress city of kamacha, in eastern cappadocia (modern turkey). byzantine relief army (12,000 men) forces abbasids retreat armenia.
sabin, ruler (khagan) of bulgaria, flees byzantine fortress city of mesembria, escapes constantinople. constantine v arranges transfer of sabin s family bulgaria.
abbasid caliphate
baghdad nears completion 100,000 laborers create circular city 2 km in diameter, round city . in center palace built caliph al-mansur. capital ringed 3 lines of walls (approximate date).
asia
the karluks defeat turgesh khaganate in central asia. of turkestan (former onoq territory) falls under karluk rule, except west of lake aral, loose confederation of oghuz turks emerge.
^ mango & scott 1997, p. 605.
^ winkelmann et al. 2000, p. 531.
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