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Construction
In Cholula, just east of the Valley of Mexico, the largest pyramid ever is built, larger than either the Pyramid of the Sun in nearby Teotihuacán or, in terms of volume, the Great Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops) in Egypt. See also 100 ce Construction; 750 Archaeology.
MathematicsAbout this time the first printed reference to "ball arithmetic," which may have been an early form of the abacus, appears in Chinese texts. The text implies that the abacus goes back to the second century ce. See also 500 ce Mathematics; 967 Mathematics.
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This article is about the year 700. For the number (and other uses), see 700 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 6th century – 7th century – 8th century |
| Decades: | 670s 680s 690s – 700s – 710s 720s 730s |
| Years: | 697 698 699 – 700 – 701 702 703 |
| 700 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 700 DCC |
| Ab urbe condita | 1453 |
| Armenian calendar | 149 ԹՎ ՃԽԹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5450 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1144–-1143 |
| Bengali calendar | 107 |
| Berber calendar | 1650 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1244 |
| Burmese calendar | 62 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6208–6209 |
| Chinese calendar | 己亥年二月初六日 (3336/3396-2-6) — to —
庚子年十一月十七日(3337/3397-11-17) |
| Coptic calendar | 416–417 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 692–693 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4460–4461 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 756–757 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 622–623 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3801–3802 |
| Holocene calendar | 10700 |
| Iranian calendar | 78–79 |
| Islamic calendar | 80–81 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3033 |
| Minguo calendar | 1212 before ROC 民前1212年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1243 |
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Year 700 (DCC) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 700 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
By place
North America
- The Mount Edziza volcanic complex erupts in northern British Columbia, Canada.
- Diquis culture starts in Central America (approximate date).
Europe
- The Beverley Grammar School is founded by St. John of Beverley (approximate date).
- Italy: Death of Cunipert, King of the Lombards, leaves his son Liutpert, still a child, as king. Rebellion led by Count Raginpert of Turin and his son Aripert succeeds in capturing Liutpert and seizing the throne (late 700/early 701).[1]
- Famous Catholic Eucharistic Miracle occurs in Lanciano, Italy.
Africa
- Musa bin Nusair defeats the Berber army in Algeria, ending resistance against the Arabs there.
Asia
- Mohammad ibn Alashath revolts against Abdul Malik ibn Marwan in the Sistan and Balochistan regions.
- Rebellion of the Umayyad general Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn al-Ash'ath in Iraq.[1]
- The Umayyad prince Abdallah ibn Abd al-Malik captures the Byzantine stronghold of Theodosiopolis.[1][2]
By topic
Art
- Amida Buddha, fresco in the kon-dō, Horyu-ji, is made. Nara period (approximate date).
Religion
- Saint Adamnan convinces 51 kings to adopt the Cáin Adomnáin, which defines the relationship between women and priests.
Births
- Wasil ibn Ata (d. 748)
Deaths
- Di Renji, Chancellor of China (b. 630)
- Cunincpert, king of the Lombards
- Dōshō, priest of Japan
- Princess Asuka of Japan
References
- ^ a b c Venning, Timothy, ed. (2006). A Chronology of the Byzantine Empire. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 187. ISBN 1-4039-1774-4.
- ^ Treadgold, Warren T. (1997), A History of the Byzantine State and Society, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, p. 339, ISBN 0-8047-2630-2, http://books.google.com/books?id=nYbnr5XVbzUC
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