Umayyad Empire The Umayyad Caliphate (661–750 CE; , ; ar, ٱلْخِلَافَة ٱلْأُمَوِيَّة, al-Khilāfah al-ʾUmawīyah) was the second of the four major caliphates established after the death of Muhammad. The caliphate was ruled by the ...

Fujiwara-kyō was the Imperial capital of Japan for sixteen years, between 694 and 710. It was located in Yamato Province (present-day Kashihara, Nara, Kashihara in Nara Prefecture), having been moved from nearby Asuka, Yamato, Asuka. However, the name Fujiwa ...

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Umayyad Empire The Umayyad Caliphate (661–750 CE; , ; ar, ٱلْخِلَافَة ٱلْأُمَوِيَّة, al-Khilāfah al-ʾUmawīyah) was the second of the four major caliphates established after the death of Muhammad. The caliphate was ruled by the ...

Qasr Amra It is not known who the woman represents, but due to the apparent classical and late Roman style of depicting her, a number of mythological persons have been suggested. Qusayr 'Amra or Quseir Amra, ''lit.'' "small qasr of 'Amra", sometimes also na ...

Umayyad Empire The Umayyad Caliphate (661–750 CE; , ; ar, ٱلْخِلَافَة ٱلْأُمَوِيَّة, al-Khilāfah al-ʾUmawīyah) was the second of the four major caliphates established after the death of Muhammad. The caliphate was ruled by the ...

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. * c. 730–800 – Gebang Hindu temple at Yogyakarta on Java is built. * 739 – A Benedictine monastery is built adjoining the Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio in Milan. * c. 744 – Construction begun on the Mshatta Umayyad Palace. * c. 744 – Umayyad palace of Khirbat al-Mafjar near

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,

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built. * 746 –

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built in Spain. * 750s – Belfry of Old St. Peter's Basilica in Rome constructed. * 751 ** Bulguksa of Korea is expanded. ** Seokguram of Korea is constructed. ** Tōdai-ji (東大寺) temple in

Heijō-kyō was the Capital of Japan during most of the Nara period, from 710 to 740 and again from 745 to 784. The imperial palace is a listed UNESCO World Heritage together with other places in the city of Nara (cf. Historic Monuments of Ancient ...

( Nara),

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is completed (the modern-day building is a

1709 In the Swedish calendar it was a common year starting on Friday, one day ahead of the Julian and ten days behind the Gregorian calendar. Events January–March * January 1 – Battle of St. John's: The French capture St. John' ...

reconstruction). * 755 – Hieroglyphic staircase finished in the Maya city of Copán. * 759 – Tōshōdai-ji (唐招提寺) temple founded in

Heijō-kyō was the Capital of Japan during most of the Nara period, from 710 to 740 and again from 745 to 784. The imperial palace is a listed UNESCO World Heritage together with other places in the city of Nara (cf. Historic Monuments of Ancient ...

( Nara),

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

. * 762 – Medinat as-Salam (modern-day Baghdad) founded as the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate. * 765 – Saidai-ji (西大寺) temple is founded in

Heijō-kyō was the Capital of Japan during most of the Nara period, from 710 to 740 and again from 745 to 784. The imperial palace is a listed UNESCO World Heritage together with other places in the city of Nara (cf. Historic Monuments of Ancient ...

( Nara),

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

. * 768 – Kasuga Shrine (春日大社) first founded in

Heijō-kyō was the Capital of Japan during most of the Nara period, from 710 to 740 and again from 745 to 784. The imperial palace is a listed UNESCO World Heritage together with other places in the city of Nara (cf. Historic Monuments of Ancient ...

( Nara),

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

. * 770 – Rock-carved Kailash Temple in

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, India commissioned by

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King Krishna I. * 771 – Jami Al-Aqsa in Jerusalem rebuilt by the Abbasid caliph

Al Mansur Abū Jaʿfar ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad al-Manṣūr (; ar, أبو جعفر عبد الله بن محمد المنصور‎; 95 AH – 158 AH/714 CE – 6 October 775 CE) usually known simply as by his laqab Al-Manṣūr (المنصور) w ...

. * 774 ** Lorsch Abbey consecrated. ** Construction of Charlemagne's palace at Ingelheim am Rhein begun. Church of Saint Donatus, Zadar - September 2017

* 775 –

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near Paris is consecrated. * c. 775–778 – Al-Ukhaidir Fortress built in Mesopotamia, Abbasid Caliphate. * By 778 – Kalasan temple on Java completed. The adjacent

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is built about the same time. * 781 – San Vicente of Oviedo church, first monument built in

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, Kingdom of Asturias. * 784–6 – Aljama Mosque (Mosque of Córdoba (''Mezquita de Córdoba'')) built in the Emirate of Córdoba, designed by Sidi ben Ayub for Emir Abd al-Rahman I. * 786 –

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begun. * 787 – Construction of the first Würzburg Cathedral (building no longer existing). * 790s – Villa and oratory at

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begun. * 799 – Lyon Cathedral begun. * second half of the 8th century;

Church of St Donatus The Church of St. Donatus ( hr, Crkva sv. Donata) is a church located in Zadar, Croatia. Its name refers to Donatus of Zadar, who began construction on this church in the 9th century and ended it on the northeastern part of the Roman forum. Origi ...

, located in Zadar, Croatia.

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* 742 – Odo of Metz, Carolingian architect (died 814)

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