Who ruled
And beyond the steppe
- Iran Umayyad Abd al-Malik 685–705
- Korea Silla Sinmun 681–692
- Byzantium Heraclian Justinian II 685–695
Eastern steppe
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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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Heichi Changzhi beats Ilterish at Huanghuadui and drives him north of the desert; Cuan Baobi follows with thirteen thousand picked men and loses them all
