<Tr> <Td> 698 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Arab army takes Carthage . </Td> <Td> End of Byzantine rule in North Africa </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 698 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> North South States Period begins in Korea . </Td> <Td> Silla and Balhae coexisted in the south and north of the peninsula, respectively, until 926 </Td> </Tr> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Date </Th> <Th> Event </Th> <Th> Significance </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 711 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Umayyad conquest of Hispania under Tarik . </Td> <Td> Will begin a period of Muslim rule within in the Al - Andalus (with various portions of Iberian peninsula) until nearly the end of the Fifteenth Century . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 718 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Second Arab attack on Constantinople, ending in failure . </Td> <Td> The combined Byzantine--Bulgarian forces stop the Arab threat in Southeastern Europe . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 726 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Iconoclast movement begun in the Byzantine Empire under Leo III . This was opposed by Pope Gregory II, and an important difference between the Roman and Byzantine churches . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 732 </Td> <Td> October </Td> <Td> Battle of Tours . Charles Martel halts Muslim advance . </Td> <Td> Significant moment that led to the forming of the Carolingian Empire for the Franks, and halted the advancement of the Moors in southwestern Europe . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 735 </Td> <Td> 26 May </Td> <Td> Death of Bede . </Td> <Td> Bede was later regarded as "the father of English history" </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 750 </Td> <Td> 25 January </Td> <Td> Beginning of Abbasid Caliphate . </Td> <Td> Would become the longest lasting caliphate, until 1519 when conquered and annexed into the Ottoman Empire . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 751 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Pepin the Short founds the Carolingian dynasty . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 754 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Pepin promises the Pope central Italy . This is arguably the beginning of the temporal power of the Papacy . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 768 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Beginning of Charlemagne's reign . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 778 </Td> <Td> 15 August </Td> <Td> Battle of Roncevaux Pass . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 786 </Td> <Td> 14 September </Td> <Td> Accession of Harun al - Rashid to the Caliphate in Baghdad . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 793 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sack of Lindisfarne . Viking attacks on Britain begin . </Td> <Td> Generally considered the beginning of the Viking Age that would span over two centuries, and reach as far south as Hispania and as far east as the Byzantine Empire, and present day Russia . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 794 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Heian period in Japan . </Td> <Td> Considered to be the last classical period of History of Japan . Chinese influence was at its strongest during this era in Japan . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 795 </Td> <Td> 29 July </Td> <Td> Death of Offa . </Td> <Td> Marks the end of Mercian dominance in England . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 800 </Td> <Td> 25 December </Td> <Td> Charlemagne is crowned Holy Roman Emperor . </Td> <Td> With his crowning, Charlemagne's kingdom is officially recognized by the Papacy as the largest in Europe since the fall of the Roman Empire . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 800 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Gunpowder is invented (somewhere around 9th century) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Date </Th> <Th> Event </Th> <Th> Significance </Th> </Tr>

What event is commonly associated with the beginning of the viking age