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AD 722: King Ine of Wessex attempts a takeover of Dumnonia, but his armies are crushed, and he is forced to withdraw. Queen Æthelburg, wife of Ine, destroys the royal castle of Taunton, to prevent its seizure by rebels under Ealdbert.
 
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AD 723: Under Suluk, the Turgesh Turks launch sudden attacks against Umayyad garrisons in Transoxiana, shaking Arab control and signaling the resurgence of Turkish resistance in Central Asia.
 
AD 724: Shōmu orders that houses of the Japanese nobility be roofed with green tiles, as in China, and have white walls with red roof poles (approximate date).
 
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AD 727: Pope Gregory II condemns iconoclasm at Rome, causing Italy to break with the Byzantine Empire. He becomes the virtual temporal ruler of most Byzantine possessions.
 
AD 728: The Khazar Khaganate secures firm control north of the Caucasus, blocking Arab armies from advancing further north. This achievement establishes the Khazars as the dominant power of Eastern Europe and the Pontic steppe.
 
AD 729: Chinese eating sticks are introduced in the next 20 years in Japan, where people heretofore have used one-piece pincers. The Japanese call them hashi.
 
AD 730: Charles Martel defeats the last independent dukedom of Alamannia, and incorporates it into the Frankish Empire. He also launches raids on the Saxons beyond the Rhine.
 
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