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==== Byzantine Empire ====

* After spending nearly a decade with the [[Khazars]] (a [[Turkic peoples|Turkic]] tribe which controls a [[Steppe]] empire), the deposed emperor [[Justinian II]] flees from his [[exile]] at [[Chersonesus Taurica|Cherson]] ([[Crimea]]). He escapes with help from [[Busir]], ruler (''[[khagan]]'') of the Khazars, who marries him to his sister [[Theodora of Khazaria|Theodora]].<ref>{{The Early Medieval Balkans|page= 74}}</ref> 
* Autumn &ndash; Emperor [[Tiberios III]] tries to [[bribe]] Busir and dispatches two Khazar officials, [[Papatzys]] and [[Balgitzin]], to kill Justinian. Warned by his wife, he flees to the [[First Bulgarian Empire|Bulgar Khanate]], securing the assistance of the Bulgarian ruler [[Tervel of Bulgaria|Tervel]], in exchange for financial considerations.<ref name="Byz704"/><ref>{{A History of the Byzantine State and Society | pages=339–340}}</ref>
* [[Arab–Byzantine wars#Attacks against Byzantine holdings in Africa, Sicily and the East|Arab–Byzantine War]]: A [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] expeditionary force under [[Heraclius (brother of Tiberius III)|Heraclius]] (brother of Tiberios III) defeats and destroys an [[Umayyad Caliphate|Umayyad]] army (10,000 men) at [[Kozan, Adana|Sisium]] (modern [[Turkey]]) under Yazid ibn Hunayn, killing most and leading the others off in chains to Constantinople.<ref name="Byz704"/><ref name="Treadgold339"/>