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__NOTOC__ Year 647 (Roman numerals, DCXLVII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 647 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Byzantine Empire * Arab–Byzantine wars#Conquest of the Exarchate of Africa, Arab–Byzantine War: An Rashidun army, Arab army (20,000 men) under Abdullah ibn Saad, Abdullah ibn Sa'ad invades the Byzantine Exarchate of Africa. It conquers Tripolitania and the city of Sbeitla, Sufetula, 150 miles (240 km) south of Carthage. * Self-proclaimed emperor Gregory the Patrician is killed during the Arab invasion at Sufetula. History of Africa, Africa returns to imperial allegiance after his death, but the foundation of Byzantine Empire, Byzantine rule is fatally undermined. Asia * Emperor Emperor Taizong of Tang, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty sends a ...
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