660s

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Events

  • 660: Mu ʿ āwiya I. erected in Damascus a counter- Caliphate ʿ Alī ibn Abī against Taalib. Beginning of the dynasty of the Umayyads (up to 750 ).
  • 663: Chinese troops of the Tang Dynasty beginning with the conquest of Korea.
  • 664: The Synod of Whitby opts for the Roman form of Christianity and against the iroschottische ( Orthodox ).
  • 666: The Arabs conquer the last parts of North Africa and eliminate where the remains of the Byzantine rule.
  • 667: The Arabs attempt to conquer Sicily, but succeeds only in the 9th century.
  • 668: Constantine IV, after the assassination of his predecessor emperor Constans II of the Byzantine Empire.
  • Siege of Constantinople Opel ( 668-669 ) by the Arabs.
  • 668: Tang Dynasty and Silla dynasty overthrow the Goguryeo Dynasty.
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