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==== Arabian Empire ====
* [[Arab people|Arab]] forces gain power in Central Asia, as [[Qutayba ibn Muslim]] becomes governor of [[Greater Khorasan|Khorasan]]. The region has grown rich from trade with China and Eastern Europe, its merchants dealing in [[silk]], [[fur]]s, [[amber]], [[honey]], and [[walrus ivory]]. During his rule, Qutayba subjugates the mercantile cities of [[Bukhara]] and [[Samarkand]] (modern [[Uzbekistan]]), as well as the [[Amu Darya|Oxus delta]] area of [[Khwarezm]], south of the [[Aral Sea]].
* [[October 8]] &ndash; Caliph [[Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan]] dies in his winter resort at [[Al-Sinnabra]] ([[Palestine (region)|Palestine]]), after a 20-year reign. During his rule, the financial administration of the [[Umayyad Caliphate]] has been reorganized. Arab coins have replaced former [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] and [[Sasanian Empire|Sassanian]] coins, and regular postal service has been established between [[Damascus]] and the provincial capitals. Abd al-Malik is succeeded by his son [[Al-Walid I]].<ref name="Byz705"/><ref name="Treadgold341"/> 
* [[Arab conquest of Armenia]]: Large-scale [[Armenia]]n rebellion is suppressed by [[Muhammad ibn Marwan]]. He captures and deports [[Smbat VI Bagratuni]] and other leading princes. Many of the captured ''[[nakharar]]'' are gathered into churches and burned alive at [[Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic|Nakhchevan]] (modern [[Azerbaijan]]).<ref name="Byz705">{{cite book | editor-last=Venning | editor-first = Timothy | title = A Chronology of the Byzantine Empire | year = 2006 | publisher = Palgrave Macmillan | isbn = 1-4039-1774-4 | page = 190}}</ref><ref name="Treadgold341">{{A History of the Byzantine State and Society | page=341}}</ref>
*Arab general [[Musa ibn Nusayr]] conquers the city of [[Tlemcen]] in [[Algeria]]; once and for all solidifying ''Al-Maghreb Al-Awsat'' (Modern-day Algeria), which makes way for the stabilization of the entirety of North Africa a couple years later.