Who ruled
- Uyghur Khaganate Bayanchur Khan 747–759
And beyond the steppe
- China Tang Xuanzong 712–756
- Iran Abbasid al-Saffah 750–754
- Korea Silla Gyeongdeok 742–765
- Byzantium Isaurian Constantine V 741–775
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)
Western steppe
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late July · Battle on the Talas: the Tang army is destroyed when its Karluk allies defect to the Arabs
Karluk · Türgesh · Talas · Tang · The battle of the Talas, 751
