Historical and Political Snippets in Time
The following entries mark events of historical or political significance
over the period 721 A.D. through 730 A.D.
- 721 to 730
- Caliph Hisham (724 - 743)
- Chin. capital Ch'ang-an is the largest city in the world;
Constantinople, the second largest (725)
- While the Arabs ravage southern France, Charles Martel
crosses the Rhine and conquers Bavaria (725)
- Ine, king of Wessex, begins the tax called Peter's
pence to support a college at Rome (726)
- The dukedom of the Alemanni becomes part of the Frankish
empire (730)
- Pope Gregory II excommunicates the Byzantine emperor (730)
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