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EVENTS

By Place

Europe

Pepin The Short is elected as king of the Franks by the Frankish nobility, marking the end of the Merovingian and beginning of the Carolingian dynasty.

The Lombard king Aistulf captures Ravenna and the Romagna , ending the Byzantine Exarchate Of Ravenna .

Asia

Arab ian armies defeated Chinese Tang troops in the Battle Of Talas near Samarkand .

By Topic

Religion

The oldest surviving printed document, a Buddhist scripture, is printed in Korea

Silla minister Gim Daeseong orders construction to begin on the Bulguksa and Seokguram temples at Gyeongju .

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