746

Events

### Europe

* The Byzantine Emperor Constantine V conquered Germanicea, the hometown of his father Leo III the Isaurian.
* The Byzantines recovered Cyprus from the Arabs.

### Asia

* In India, Kirtivarman became the last king of the Châlukya dynasty of Vâtâpi, a position he held until 757.
* The Karluks, who had participated in the Uighur takeover, were sent back to the West by the Uighurs and founded a powerful tribal federation. They also attacked an Oghuz tribe, the Petchenègues, towards the Aral Sea.

### Africa

* In North Africa, the Omayyad Caliphate continued its expansion under Marwan II, who defeated the Homs rebels in Syria and the Jariyah in northern Iraq (Third Fitna).

### Asia Minor and Middle East

* The Byzantine Emperor Constantine V penetrated Cilicia.
* The Omayyad Caliphate's power extended to the agricultural peninsula of Syria, Palestine, Persia, Egypt, North Africa, and the Iberian Peninsula.

### Eastern Europe

* In the region of Ukraine, the Slavic states of Quarantine and the First Bulgarian Kingdom existed during this period.
* The Hazarska Caganate organized a nomadic population into a great stave of territory between the Azovian seas and Arabia.

Other Events

* Switred became king of Essex, replacing Saelred.
* The wire nobility was killed in t (exact circumstances unknown).

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