749
749 — China: Longyou defense command under Geshu Han attacks Tibetan Empire and retakes the Stone City but suffers heavy casualties / Japan: End of first smallpox epidemic
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| KoreaNorthern and Southern States period 698–918 | ChinaTang dynasty 618–907 | JapanNara period 710–794 | United States |
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- No events recorded for this year
- 751Silla, at its cultural peak, constructs Seokguram and Bulguksa.
- 751신라 불국사와 석굴암 건립
| - Longyou defense command under Geshu Han attacks Tibetan Empire and retakes the Stone City but suffers heavy casualties
- The fubing system is all but abolished
- 747Gao Xianzhi marches across the Pamirs with 10,000 men and conquers Little Balur (Gilgit), a client state of the Tibetan Empire
- 748Tang constructs a fortress on an island on the Qinghai Lake, pacifying the northern Qinghai region
- 748Tang recaptures Suyab and destroys it
- 750Chinese cultural dominance in Liaoning disappears and is replaced by Khitan culture
- 750Tang defeats the Turgesh-Chach and executes the king of Chach
- 751Battle of Talas
- 751Xianyu Zhongtong attacks Nanzhao with an army of 80,000 but is utterly defeated, losing three quarters of his original force
| - End of first smallpox epidemic.
- 751The Kaifūsō poetry anthology is completed.
| covered from 1607 |