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Events

  • Pippin the Middle secures his power in Austrasia.
  • 674 begins a multi-year siege of Constantinople by the Arabs Opel.
  • The Greek fire was invented by Kallinikos. 678 takes place the traditional first use against the Arab fleet, which then has to break the siege of Constantinople Opel.
  • Khan Asparuch based 679 on the Lower Danube, a Bulgarian Empire. Originally native to southern Russia, the Bulgarians took advantage of the weakening of the Byzantine Empire by the attack of Arabs on Konstantin Opel to cross the Danube in Moesia.
April 2014 List of centuries 5th century 6th century 9th century 630s 640s 650s 660s 680s 690s 700s (decade) 710s Arab people Asparukh of Bulgaria
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