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Tang Dynasty China

500 CE – 1000 CE

China's cosmopolitan golden age, when Chang'an was the largest city on earth and the Silk Road carried ideas as far as Baghdad.

63 events · 7 people · 4 eras

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Key events

  1. Battle of Talas751 CE
    751 battle between the Abbasid Caliphate and the Chinese Tang dynasty
  2. Battle of Salsu612 CE
    enormous battle that occurred in the year AD 612
  3. Goguryeo–Tang War645 CE
    tang-Korean war of 7th century
  4. Battle of Baekgang663 CE
    The Battle of Baekgang or Battle of Baekgang-gu, also known as the Battle of Hakusukinoe in Japan, and as the Battle of Baijiangkou in China, was a battle between Paekche restoration forces and their ally, Yamato Japan, against the allied forces of Silla and Tang China. The battle took place on 27–28 August 663 in the Baengma River or Baek River, which is the lower reach of the Geum River in Jeollabuk-do province, Korea. The Silla-Tang forces won a decisive victory, compelling Yamato Japan to withdraw completely from Korean affairs and crushing the Paekche restoration movement.
  5. Goguryeo–Sui War598 CE
    conflict between Sui dynasty of China and Goguryeo Kingdom of Korea
  6. Battle of Hulao621 CE
    The Battle of Hulao, or Battle of Sishui, was a decisive Tang victory over the rival Zheng and Hebei-based Xia polities during the transition from Sui to Tang. The battle took place during the Luoyang–Hulao campaign on 28 May 621 when a Xia army – led by Dou Jiande, ruler of Xia – was defeated attacking a smaller Tang army – led by Prince Li Shimin – entrenched at the strategic Hulao Pass.
  7. Battle of Bach Dang River938 CE
    At the Battle of Bạch Đằng River in 938 near Hạ Long Bay in northern Vietnam, the military force of the Viet-ruled domain of Tĩnh Hải quân, led by Ngô Quyền, a Viet lord, defeated the invading forces of the Chinese state of Southern Han and put an end to the Third Era of Northern Domination. It was considered the turning point in Vietnamese history.
  8. Battle of Hwangsanbeol660 CE
    The Battle of Hwangsanbeol took place between the forces of Silla and Baekje in Hwangsanbeol in 660.
  9. Umayyad campaigns in India664 CE
    military campaigns of the Arab Umayyad Caliphate in India
  10. 946 eruption of Paektu Mountain946 CE
    major volcanic eruption in Korea
  11. Battle of Huoyi617 CE
    The Battle of Huoyi was fought in China on 8 September 617, between the forces of the rebel Duke of Tang, Li Yuan, and the army of the ruling Sui dynasty. Li Yuan, with an army of around 25,000, was advancing south along the Fen River towards the imperial capital, Daxingcheng. His advance was stalled for two weeks due to heavy rainfall, and he was met at the town of Huoyi by an elite Sui army of 20,000 men. Li Yuan's cavalry, under the command of his two eldest sons, lured the Sui out of the protection of the city walls, but in the first clash between the two main armies, Li Yuan's forces were initially driven back. At that point, possibly due to a stratagem on Li Yuan's behalf, the arrival of the rest of the rebel army, or the flanking maneuver of Li Yuan's cavalry, which had gotten behind the Sui army, the Sui troops collapsed and routed, fleeing back towards Huoyi. Li Yuan's cavalry, however, cut off their retreat. The battle was followed by the capture of weakly defended Huoyi and the advance on Daxingcheng, which fell to the rebels in November. The following year, Li Yuan deposed the Sui and proclaimed himself emperor, beginning the Tang dynasty.
  12. Xuanwu Gate Incident626 CE
    626 coup d'état in China

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Kofun period250 CE – 538 CEAsuka period538 CE – 710 CENara period710 CE – 794 CEHeian period794 CE – 1185 CE

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