Who ruled
- Uyghur Khaganate Bayanchur Khan 747–759
And beyond the steppe
- China Tang Suzong 756–762
- Iran Abbasid al-Mansur 754–775
- 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)
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ninth month · The Uyghurs report to the Tang court that they have broken 50,000 Kirghiz, who from then on cannot reach China
Uyghur victory over the Kirghiz (758) · Uyghur Khaganate · Yenisei Kirghiz
The report is dated to the day jiashen of the ninth month; the fight itself is undated
