Battle of Talas
751 · Event
Abbasid army defeats Tang force at the edge of Central Asia; Chinese prisoners are traditionally said to have brought papermaking to the Islamic world.
On these timelines: Master, China, The Silk Road & the Steppe, The Islamic Golden Age
Around 751
- An Lushan Rebellion (755)
- Viking Age (793)
- Islamic Golden Age (750)
- Khmer Empire (Angkor) (802)
- Reign of Charlemagne (768)
- Abbasid Caliphate founded (750)
- Treaty of Verdun (843)
- Fall of the Sasanian Empire (651)
- Silla unifies Korea (668)
- Gunpowder developed in China (850)