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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 725: The Turgesh Turks under Khagan Suluk continue their offensives in Transoxiana, inflicting heavy losses on Umayyad forces and maintaining Turkish dominance in the region.
 
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 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.
 
AD 732: The Kül Tigin inscription is erected in the Orkhon Valley. Bearing one of the earliest and clearest uses of the name “Turkish,” it carves Turkish history, statehood, and identity into stone.
 
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AD 733: Duke Eudes of Aquitaine, aged almost 80, abdicates and retires to a monastery. His lands are divided between his sons Hunald I and Hatton, who continue the conflict with Charles Martel, mayor of the palace of Neustria and Austrasia. In battles at Benest in Charente and La Rochefoucauld (near Angoulême), Charles probably defeats the Aquitainians. He also campaigns against the Burgundians.
 
Bilge Khagan, one of the greatest rulers of the Second Göktürk Khaganate, dies. His death marks a turning point, as the political balance of the Turkish steppe begins to weaken and the Göktürk golden age draws to a close.
 
AD 735: The see of York receives the pallium from pope Gregory III, and is elevated to an archbishopric. Ecgbert becomes the first archbishop.
 
AD 736: June 15 – Uaxaclajuun Ub'aah K'awiil ("Eighteen Rabbit"), ruler of the Mayan city state of Copán in Honduras is defeated in battle by Kʼakʼ Tiliw Chan Yopaat, the ruler of Quiriguá (in Guatemala), and is beheaded. K'ak' ("Smoke Monkey") rules until his death in 749.
 
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