Taika Reform
Japan rebuilds its state on the Tang Chinese model
In 645 Prince Naka no Ōe and Nakatomi no Kamatari killed the all-powerful Soga no Iruka and placed a new emperor on the throne. The Taika reforms followed: land was declared state property, and allotments, taxes and a bureaucracy were introduced on the Chinese model.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Europe
- 626 Siege of Constantinople (626) — 19 years earlier
Middle East
- 622 Hijra: Muhammad's migration to Medina — 23 years earlier
- 630 Conquest of Mecca — 15 years earlier
- 636 Battle of the Yarmuk — 9 years earlier
- c. 636–651 Battle of al-Qadisiyyah and the Arab conquest of Persia — 9 years earlier
- 661 Assassination of Ali — 16 years later
Africa
- 652 The Baqt treaty with Nubia — 7 years later
Alive at the time
- Ali ibn Abi Talib (aged 45)
- Pakal the Great (aged 42)
- Wu Zetian (aged 21)
- Emperor Taizong of Tang (aged 47)
- Xuanzang (aged 43)