And beyond the steppe
- China Tang Gaozong 649–683
- Iran Rashidun Ali 656–661
- Korea Goguryeo Bojang 642–668
- Byzantium Heraclian Constans II 641–668
Eastern steppe
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Environment · Late Antique Little Ice Age: the cold phase the Altai tree rings define from 536 to about 660 (536–660)
Climate and the steppe empires · First Göktürk Khaganate · Avars
The coldest decade in the Altai is the 540s
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Environment · Lake Telmen stands 4.8 metres above its present level, a humid phase before the drying that follows (600–700)
China
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Ashina Helu dies at Chang'an after his pardon and is buried beside the tomb of Ilig Khan
