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)
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Kül Tegin dies in the Year of the Sheep at forty-seven; the Tang send a letter of condolence, a stele composed by the emperor and craftsmen for the tomb
