Abbasid Revolution
The caliphate shifts east, toward Baghdad and Persian culture
In 747 Abu Muslim raised the black banners of the Abbasids, descendants of the Prophet Muhammad's uncle, in Khorasan. In January 750 their army defeated the last Umayyad caliph, Marwan II, on the Great Zab; the Umayyads were massacred, and the survivor Abd al-Rahman fled to Spain. The caliphate's centre shifted east: Baghdad was founded in 762, and Persian influence at court grew sharply.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Europe
- 732 Battle of Tours — 18 years earlier
Alive at the time
- Charlemagne (aged 2)
- Li Bai (aged 49)
- Emperor Kanmu (aged 13)