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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Culture · The Kül Tegin inscription is erected on the Orkhon
Kül Tegin inscription · Kül Tegin · Bilge Khan · Orkhon valley
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Culture · The Kül Tegin inscription dates itself by the twelve-year animal cycle, the Year of the Sheep for the death and the Year of the Monkey for the finished stone; it is the only dating system the runiform corpus uses
The twelve-year animal cycle · Kül Tegin inscription · Kül Tegin
The two consecutive years, 731 and 732, make the anchor firm, since a single animal year would fit one in every twelve
Byzantium
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Constantine, heir of Leo III, marries Čiček, daughter of the Khazar khagan
Tibet
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The Tibetans send a minister to the funeral of Kül Tegin, with the Chinese, the Sogdians and the Kirghiz
