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==== Asia ====
* Due to a culmination of major droughts, floods, [[locust]] plagues and epidemics, a widespread famine breaks out in the dual Chinese capital cities of [[Chang'an]] (primary capital) and [[Luoyang]] (secondary capital). The scarcity of food drives the price of grain to unprecedented heights, ending a once prosperous era under emperors [[Emperor Taizong of Tang|Taizong]] and [[Emperor Gaozong of Tang|Gaozong]] on a sad note.
* [[Emperor Tenmu]] issues a decree forbidding the Japanese-style cap of ranks and garments, and changing them into Chinese ones. He also makes a decree forbidding men to wear leggings and women to let down their hair on their backs. It is from this time, that the practice begins of women riding on horseback like men. He issues an edict prescribing the character of ceremonies and language to be used on occasions of [[ceremony]]. Ceremonial kneeling and crawling are both abolished, and the ceremonial custom of standing at the [[Tang dynasty|Tang]] court is practiced.