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 Leontios 695–698
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)
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Kapgan crushes the rebel Khitan for Empress Wu in exchange for the surrendered Göktürk households west of the River, and is invested as Great Shanyu and Ligong Baoguo Khan
