Historical and Political Snippets in Time
The following entries mark events of historical or political significance
over the period 651 A.D. through 660 A.D.
- 651 to 660
- Yazgard III d. 651, last of the Sassanid rulers in
Persia
- Aswan agreed upon with Nubians as southern limit of
Arab expansion (652)
- Penda, heathen king of Mercia, overthrown and killed
by Oswiu (654)
- Moslem fleet destroys Byzantine fleet at Lycia (655)
- Caliph Othman murdered (656)
- Chlothar III rules as sole king of the Franks
(656 - 660)
- Wulfhere, son of Penda (see 654), becomes king of
Mercia (658 - 675)
- Moawita sets up Omayyad dynasty at Damascus (658)
- The Omayyads become caliphs (660)
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