History
 

711

World

General

Population: 224 Million*
  • Religion: Justinian II confirms Papal privileges
  • Deaths: Childebert III king of Franks, Byzantine emperor Justinian II, Spanish Visigoth king Roderick

Africa

  • General: End of Arab expansion across N Africa

Asia

  • India: Omayyads conquer Sind and found first Muslim state in India [Pakistan]

Europe

  • Franco-German States: Dagobert III becomes king of all Franks
  • Spanish States: End Visigoth kingdom of Old Castile
    Spanish Jews freed by Arabs
    Roderic becomes last Visigothic king in Spain defeated and killed
    Arab general Tarik defeats King Roderic at Xerxes de la Frontera and Spain with the exception of Asturias becomes an Arab state
    Spanish conquests between 711 and 1492 leave 300,000 dead
    Remainder of Visigoths absorbed into Spain and Portugal

Middle East

  • Byzantine Empire: Death of Justinian II the Byzantine emperor at the hand of Philip Bardanes – renames self Emperor Philippicus



 
 
 
 
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