700

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.

About 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.

This article is about the year. For the number, 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

Eastern Hemisphere in 700 AD.

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Politics

State leaders – Sovereign states

Birth and death categories

Births – Deaths

Establishment and disestablishment categories

Establishments – Disestablishments

700 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	700 DCC
Ab urbe condita	1453
Armenian calendar	149 ԹՎ ՃԽԹ
Bahá'í calendar	-1144 – -1143
Berber calendar	1650
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	755 – 756
- Shaka Samvat	622 – 623
- Kali Yuga	3801 – 3802
Holocene calendar	10700
Iranian calendar	78 – 79
Islamic calendar	80 – 81
Japanese calendar
Korean calendar	3033
Thai solar calendar	1243
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Events

By place

North America

• The Mount Edziza volcanic complex erupts in northern British Columbia, Canada.

Europe

• About 700: The Beverley Grammar School is founded by St. John of Beverley.

Asia

• Musa bin Nusair defeats the Berber army in Algeria, ending resistance against the Arabs there.
• Mohammad ibn Alashath revolts against Abdul Malik ibn Marwan in the Sistan and Balochistan regions.

By topic

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

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