756

In 756: 3 events across 2 regions, including Donation of Pepin, Reign of Emperor Xuanzong: the Kaiyuan and Tianbao eras, Abd al-Rahman I founds the Emirate of Córdoba.

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• Nazca culture and the Nazca Linesbetween 200 and 100 BC – between 500 and 800 · Latin America
• Lalitaditya Muktapida rules Kashmir: the Sun temple of Martandbetween 724 and 725 – between 760 and 761 · South Asia
• The Late Woodland period in eastern North Americac. 500 – c. 1000 · North America
• An Lushan rebellion16 December 755 – 17 February 763 · East Asia
• Kim Dae-seong builds Bulguksa and the Seokguram grotto751 – c. 775 · East Asia
• Abu Hanifa and Malik: the oldest surviving Sunni schools of lawbetween 737 and 738 – 795 · Middle East and Egypt
• Volyntsevo culture: the Slavs of the Dnieper Left Bank in the Khazar agebetween 700 and 750 – between 813 and 833 · Eastern Europe
• Trisong Detsen: the Tibetan Empire at its height and the founding of Samyebetween 755 and 756 – 797 · Central and Northern Asia
• Byzantine Iconoclasmbetween 726 and 730 – 11 March 843 · Balkans and Anatolia
• Wari culture and the Middle Horizon state in the Central Andesc. 600 – c. 1000 · Latin America
• Tiwanaku culture at its height by Lake Titicacac. 600 – c. 1000 · Latin America
• Pueblo I: villages of surface rooms on the Colorado Plateauc. 750 – c. 900 · North America
• Saltovo-Mayaki culturec. 750 – between 900 and 950 · Eastern Europe
• Plum Bayou Mounds: a planned ceremonial centre in the Arkansas valleyc. 650 – c. 1050 · North America