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NationMaster - Encyclopedia: 8th century (4576 words) |
 | The Eighth Century was a golden age of literature, a bloody age of armed world conquest, an inky near-renaissance age of scholarship, and a diamond-bright age of otherwordly religious fervor. |
 | 717-41: Emperor Leo III The Byzantine Empire in the 8th Century 717-8: Arab siege of Constantinople The Byzantine Empire in the 8th Century 718: Death of Ingild, the brother of Ina. |
 | Islamic History of the 8th Century 751 Lombards capture Ravenna, previously capital of Byzantine exarchate, end of imperial administration in northern Italy The Byzantine Empire in the 8th Century 751: Pippin the Short declared king of the Franks, ending the Merovingian and beginning the Carolingian Dynasty. |
| TIMELINE 8th CENTURY page of ULTIMATE SCIENCE FICTION WEB GUIDE (7575 words) |
 | Islamic History of the 8th Century 712: Birth of Du Fu, Chinese poet. |
 | Islamic History of the 8th Century 716: Conquest of Lisbon by Ummayad caliphate. |
 | Islamic History of the 8th Century 745: Kufa and Mosul occupied by the Khawarjites. |