Who ruled
And beyond the steppe
- China Tang Gaozong 649–683
- Iran Umayyad Yazid I 680–683
- Korea Silla Sinmun 681–692
- Byzantium Heraclian Constantine IV 668–685
Eastern steppe
-
Environment · Lake Telmen stands 4.8 metres above its present level, a humid phase before the drying that follows (600–700)
China
-
Ilterish raids Weizhou and kills the governor of Fengzhou: the first of the yearly raids on Shanxi and Hebei that continue to 687
