Battle of Talas
751 · Event
Abbasid army defeats Tang force at the edge of Central Asia; Chinese papermaking technology captured and spreads to the Islamic world.
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Around 751
- Khmer Empire (Angkor) (802)
- Reign of Charlemagne (768)
- Islamic Golden Age (750)
- Abbasid Caliphate founded (750)
- Treaty of Verdun (843)
- Fall of the Sasanian Empire (651)
- Silla unifies Korea (668)
- Sunni-Shia split (656)
- Reconquista (722)
- Umayyad Caliphate begins (661)