Editing 8th century (section)

==Inventions, discoveries, introductions==
[[File:8th c. Silk fragment, central Asia.jpg|thumb|8th century silk fragment, central Asia]]
* [[Plough#History|Heavy plow]] in use in the [[Rhine]] valley.
* [[Horse collar]] in use in [[Northern Europe]] in 8th or 9th century — perhaps introduced from [[Asia]].
* Mid 8th century – [[paper]]making introduced from [[China]] to [[Arabs]].
* [[Iron (material)|Iron]] [[horseshoe]]s came into common use around [[770]].
* [[Pattadakal]], Chalukya [[architecture]].
* The Chinese [[Buddhist]] [[monk]] [[Yi Xing]] applies a clockwork [[escapement]] mechanism to operate and rotate his astronomical [[celestial globe]].
* The  first European triangular [[harp]] designed by the [[Picts]] of [[Scotland]].