801 Charlemagne condemns worship of images. Earliest Japanese prints produced. 779 Baghdad founded, Arab-Moslem Golden Age begins. Yashumaru Ono completes Kojiki, the first history of Japan. 695 Spain begins persecution of Jews.
Book printing begins in China.
Mohammad announces revelation of one, true god. Slavic agricultural inventions dramatically increase food production. First Welsh poets appear. 540 First oil wells drilled in China. Fire destroys Rome.