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AD 762: The Uyghur Khagan Bögü Khan officially adopted Manichaeism as the state religion, marking the first time in Turkish history that a belief system was elevated to state ideology.
 
AD 764: King Offa of Mercia conquers Kent, and brings an end to the rule of kings Ealhmund and Sigered in West Kent. He imposes Mercian overlordship on the kingdom, but allows a local king, Heaberht, to rule there.
 
AD 766: August 25 – Emperor Constantine V publicly humiliates 19 high-ranking officials in the Hippodrome of Constantinople, after discovering a plot against him. He executes the leaders, Constantine Podopagouros and his brother Strategios, and blinds and exiles the rest.
 
AD 767: The Uyghur Khaganate went beyond adopting Manichaeism as a state religion and restructured state administration, written culture, and urban life around it, marking a major civilizational shift for the Turks.
 
AD 768: The Kasuga Shrine is erected at Nara (Japan), by the Fujiwara family. The interior is famous for its many bronze lanterns, as well as the stone lanterns that lead up to the Shinto shrine.
 
AD 769: The Uyghur Khaganate fills the power vacuum left by the Göktürks in Central Asia and becomes the dominant force in the region. During this period, the Uyghurs establish political and economic supremacy across Central Asia.
 
AD 771: The Karluk Turks consolidate their dominance in Semirechye and eastern Transoxiana, emerging as the most powerful Turkish group in the region. This rise lays the political foundation for the future Karakhanid state and the Turkish-Islamic synthesis.
 
AD 773: The number 0 is introduced to the city of Baghdad, which will be developed in the Middle East by Arabian mathematicians, who will base their numbers on the Indian system (long after the Maya culture developed the concept, cf. Maya numerals).
 
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