The world: 610s

610–619

Events in this period 2

1. 618 · China · Politics

   Tang dynasty

   The Tang dynasty was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907, with an interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. Historians generally regard the Tang as a high point of Chinese civilisation, and a golden age of cosmopolitan culture. Tang territory, acquired through the military campaigns of its early rulers, surpassed that of the Han dynasty.

2. 612 · Korea · War

   Battle of Salsu

   The Battle of Salsu was a major battle that occurred in the year 612 during the second campaign of the Goguryeo–Sui War between Goguryeo of Korea and Sui of China. Goguryeo won an overwhelming victory over the numerically superior Sui forces at Salsu River.

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Still under way

• Grand Canal (China)605 – 610

Around the same time

• The Hijra622
• Battle of Badr624
• Conquest of Mecca630
• Arab conquest of Egypt639 – 642
• Sui dynasty589
• Seventeen-article constitution604
• Battle of Uhud625
• Battle of the Trench627
• Muslim conquest of Persia633 – 654
• Battle of the Yarmuk636
• Taika Reform645
• Goguryeo–Tang War645 – 668

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• War mapsGoguryeo–Sui War