Charlemagne: Return of the Kings (TRIH eps 523-525)
768–800 · Resource
A three-part series on Charlemagne: the fall of the Merovingians and rise of the Carolingians, his campaigns against the Saxons, Lombards and Avars, and his imperial coronation on Christmas Day 800.
On these timelines: The Rest Is History (podcast), Resources: Combined
Around 768
- 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)
- Silla unifies Korea (668)
- Gunpowder developed in China (850)
- Reconquista (722)