| | TIMELINE 8th CENTURY page of ULTIMATE SCIENCE FICTION WEB GUIDE |
 | | 705-11: Emperor Justinian II restored to power The Byzantine Empire in the 8th Century 705-15: Caliph Walid constructs the Great Mosque at Damascus The Byzantine Empire in the 8th Century 706: Arab invasions of Asia Minor recommence The Byzantine Empire in the 8th Century 707: Death of Emperor Mommu of Japan, succeeded by Empress Gemmei. |
| | 752-7 Pope Stephen II, first Roman elected to the papacy in the eighth century The Byzantine Empire in the 8th Century 753-4 Pope Stephen II travels to Francia, makes alliance between papacy and Pippin, king of the Franks The Byzantine Empire in the 8th Century 753: Pope Constantine V calls the Synod of Constantinople. |
| | King Alfonso II (792-842) took advantage of this by building a shrine over the tomb of the saint, which resulted in numerous pilgrimmages, an aura of orthodox Christianity, and even more support from Carolingian and Western powers, for the Reconquest from Islam, which Pelayo supposedly started in 718, shortly after the Muslim conquest. |
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