Who ruled
- Second Göktürk Khaganate Bilge Khan 716–734
- Türgesh Khaganate Sulu Khan 717–738
And beyond the steppe
- China Tang Xuanzong 712–756
- Iran Umayyad Hisham 724–743
- Korea Silla Seongdeok 702–737
- Byzantium Isaurian Leo III 717–741
Eastern steppe
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Environment · Central Mongolia turns drier, by the lake record, and stays so to 1300; the droughts of the Medieval Climate Anomaly (700–1300)
China
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Economy · A system of horse markets is set up in the Ordos to supply the Tang army
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Economy · Bilge Khan sends the Tibetan proposal for a joint invasion to Chang'an; Xuanzong grants a market at the western Shouxiang city, with several hundred thousand bolts of silk a year
Tibet
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The Tibetan court proposes to Bilge Khan that they invade China together; Bilge sends the letter to Chang'an instead
The Tibetan Empire · Bilge Khan · Tang · Second Göktürk Khaganate
