Editing AD 707 (section)

== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== Byzantine Empire ====
* [[Arab–Byzantine wars#Attacks against Byzantine holdings in Africa, Sicily and the East|Arab–Byzantine War]]: An [[Umayyad Caliphate|Umayyad]] army under [[Maslamah ibn Abd al-Malik]] invades [[Asia Minor]], and [[Siege of Tyana|lays siege]] to [[Tyana]] ([[Cappadocia]]). The fortress city resists, dragging the [[siege]] through the winter and into [[708]].<ref>{{citation | title = A History of the Byzantine State and Society | last = Treadgold | first = Warren T. | year = 1997 | publisher = Stanford University Press | location = [[Stanford, CA]] | isbn = 0-8047-2630-2 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=nYbnr5XVbzUC | page=341}}</ref>

==== Arabian Empire ====
* The [[Arab Muslims|Muslim-Arabs]] conquer the [[Balearic Islands]] in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] (approximate date).
* The first [[Islam]]ic hospital (''[[bimaristan]]'') is founded in [[Damascus]] (approximate date).

==== Asia ====
* [[July 18]] &ndash; Emperor [[Emperor Monmu|Monmu]] dies after a 10-year reign. He is succeeded by his aunt [[Empress Genmei|Genmei]], who becomes the 43rd empress of [[Japan]]. She is the sister of former empress [[Empress Jitō|Jitō]], and the niece and wife of late emperor [[Emperor Tenmu|Tenmu]].

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* [[October 18]] &ndash; [[Pope John VII]] dies at [[Rome]] after a 19-month reign. A prolonged ''[[sede vacante]]'' exists, until the ratification of the election of [[Pope Sisinnius|Sisinnius]] by the [[Exarchate of Ravenna|Exarch of Ravenna]], in early 708.<ref>{{cite book | editor-last=Venning | editor-first = Timothy | title = A Chronology of the Byzantine Empire | url=https://archive.org/details/chronologybyzant00venn_254 | url-access=limited | year = 2006 | publisher = Palgrave Macmillan | isbn = 1-4039-1774-4 | page = [https://archive.org/details/chronologybyzant00venn_254/page/n217 191]}}</ref>
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