World History: AD 700s

700–709

Events in this period 2

1. AD 705–715 · Central Asia · Religion

   Qutayba ibn Muslim conquers Transoxiana

   Muslims conquered Transoxiana between 651 and 751, shortly after their conquest of Persia enabled them to enter Central Asia. Relatively small-scale incursions had taken place under the Rashidun Caliphate, but it was not until after the establishment of the Umayyad Caliphate that an organized military effort was made to conquer the region that today includes all or parts of Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. The campaign continued under the Abbasid Caliphate and gradually saw the Islamization of the region.

2. c. AD 700 · India · Culture

   Pallava monuments at Mahabalipuram

   The Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram is a collection of 7th- and 8th-century CE religious monuments in the coastal resort town of Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu, India and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal, about 60 kilometres (37 mi) south of Chennai.

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Ongoing

• Muslim conquest of the MaghrebAD 647–709

Around the same time

• Muslim conquest of the Iberian PeninsulaAD 711–718
• Battle of TalasAD 751
• An Lushan rebellionAD 755–763
• Muslim conquest of PersiaAD 633–654
• Goguryeo–Tang WarAD 645–668
• Battle of BaekgangAD 663
• Silla–Tang WarAD 670–676
• Rise of Srivijayac. AD 671
• Battle of KarbalaAD 680
• Completion of the Dome of the RockAD 691
• Founding of BalhaeAD 698
• Arab conquest of SindhAD 711–713

Other maps for this period

• War mapsEarly Muslim conquests