Who ruled
- Second Göktürk Khaganate Kapgan Khan 691–716
And beyond the steppe
- China Tang Wu Zetian 690–705
- Iran Umayyad Abd al-Malik 685–705
- Korea Silla Hyoso 692–702
- 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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Kapgan raids Lingzhou; a Tang army of ten generals under the monk Xue Huaiyi finds no enemy; Kapgan's first embassy brings him a title and five thousand pieces of silk
