War & RuptureThe 8th century

War & Rupture in the 8th century

Every event in the Terralore archive tagged war and rupture — wars, invasions, conquests, battles and armed conflict, narrowed to the 8th century — 3 of them, drawn from 3 nations, running from 711 to 795. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
3
Nations
3
Earliest
711
Latest
795
Europe
2
Asia
1

Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.

  1. Europe

    Spain

    Umayyad conquest and the Battle of Guadalete

    An Umayyad army under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeated and killed the Visigothic king Roderic, opening the way to the rapid Muslim conquest of most of the peninsula and the creation of Al-Andalus.

    Era: Al-Andalus and the Reconquista

    Sources: Al-Andalus · Encyclopaedia Britannica, The Art of the Umayyad Period in Spain (711–1031) · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

  2. Asia

    Uzbekistan

    Battle of Talas

    Abbasid Arab forces defeat the army of Tang China at the Battle of Talas, confirming Islam's hold on Central Asia and, by tradition, spreading papermaking westward.

    Era: The Arab Conquest and the Samanid Golden Age

    Sources: Qutaybah ibn Muslim · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  3. Europe

    Ireland

    First Viking raids on Ireland

    Scandinavian raiders struck Rathlin Island in 795, beginning decades of assaults on the rich coastal monasteries recorded with alarm in the Irish annals.

    Era: Vikings, Brian Boru and the Battle of Clontarf

    Sources: The Vikings in Ireland · World History Encyclopedia, How the Vikings Shaped Ireland · TheCollector