Who ruled
- Second Göktürk Khaganate Kapgan Khan 691–716
And beyond the steppe
- China Tang Wu Zetian 690–705
- Iran Umayyad Abd al-Malik 685–705
- Korea Silla Sinmun 681–692 · Hyoso 692–702
- Byzantium Heraclian Justinian II 685–695
Eastern steppe
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Environment · Lake Telmen stands 4.8 metres above its present level, a humid phase before the drying that follows (600–700)
Tarim and Sogdiana
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The Tang generals Wang Xiaojie and Ashina Zhongjie defeat the Tibetans and recover Kucha, Khotan and the other Four Garrisons; the Anxi Protectorate returns to Kucha with 30,000 troops
Anxi Protectorate · Kucha · Khotan · The Tibetan Empire · Tang
