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==== Arabian Empire ====
* [[Arab conquest of Armenia]]: The [[Arab Muslims|Muslim Arabs]] under [[Abdallah ibn Abd al-Malik]] (a son of caliph [[Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan]]) invade [[Armenia]] and subdue the anti-Arab revolt along with his uncle [[Muhammad ibn Marwan]].<ref name="Byz704">{{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 = 189}}</ref><ref name="Treadgold339">{{A History of the Byzantine State and Society | page=339}}</ref>
* Winter &ndash; Abdallah ibn Abd al-Malik is recalled from Armenia to serve as governor of [[Egypt in the Middle Ages|Egypt]]. He requires that government business be done in [[Arabic language|Arabic]] instead of [[Coptic language|Coptic]]. His tenure is marred by [[famine]] and corruption.