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| Years: 660 661 662 663 - 664 - 665 666 667 668 | |
| Decades: 630s 640s 650s - 660s - 670s 680sCenturies: 6th century 7th century 8th century Decades: 630s 640s 650s 660s 670s 680s 690s 700s 710s 720s 730s Years: 680 681 682 683 684 685 686 687 688 689 690 Events: Battle of Karbala 680s. 690sCenturies: 6th century 7th century 8th century Decades: 640s 650s 660s 670s 680s 690s 700s 710s 720s 730s 740s Years: 690 691 692 693 694 695 696 697 698 699 700 Births: Chinese poet Wang Wei. Events: 690s. | |
| CenturiesMillennia These pages contain the trends of millennia and centuries. The individual century pages contain lists of decades and years. See history for different organizations of historical events. See Calendar and List of calendars for other groupings of y: 6th century5th century — 6th century — 7th century — other centuries) Events The first academy of the east the Academy of Gundeshapur founded in Persia by the Persian Shah Khosrau I. Irish colonists and invaders, the Scots, began migrating to Caledonia (later known - 7th century6th century 7th century 8th century other centuries) Events The religion of Islam starts in Arabia, the Qur'an is revealed, and Arabs spread Islam into Syria, Iraq, Persia, Egypt, North Africa and Central Asia. Sutton Hoo ship burial, East Anglia (modern - 8th century7th century — 8th century — 9th century — other centuries) Events The Iberian peninsula is taken by Arab and Berber Muslims, thus ending the Visigothic rule, and starting almost 8 centuries of Muslim presence there. Sometime this century, Beowulf is proba | |