Historical and Political Snippets in Time
The following entries mark events of historical or political significance
over the period 701 A.D. through 710 A.D.
- 701 to 710
- Empress Wou-Hou suceeds to Chin. throne but is forced
to abdicate (705)
- Justinian II becomes once more Byzantine Emperor
(705 - 711)
- Caliph Walid I (705 - 715)
- The Bulgarians advance toward Constantinople (710)
- Nara, after Fujiwara, becomes the capital of Japan (710)
- China refuses to help the Kashgarians against the
Arabs (710)
- The reign of Walid I becomes the most brilliant in
the history of the caliphate (710)
- Ine's war with the Britons of Cornwall (710)
- Roderic, the last king of the Visigoths in Spain (710)
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