History
710
General
Population: 224 Million*
- Religion: Walis I becomes most brilliant ruler of caliphate
Justinian II confirms Papal privileges
Africa
- Egypt: Sugar first planted
- North: Ommaids (Muslims who opposed Ali) campaign across North Africa
Asia
- China: China refuses to help Kashgarians against Arabs
- Japan: Nara (S of Kyoto) becomes capital of Japan after Fujiwara
Buddhist monasteries in Japan become civilization centers
Europe
- Bulgaria: Bulgarians advance toward Constantinople
- England: Ine's wars with the Britons of Cornwall
Spanish States: Roderic – last king of Visigoths in Spain to 711
Middle East
- Byzantine Empire: Bulgarians advance toward Constantinople
Justinian II becomes first emperor to kiss pope's foot
- Syria: Great Mosque built in Damascus