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The 7th and 8th Century

Can you guess these notable people, places, and things from the years 601–800?
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800
This Frankish ruler is crowned Emperor by Pope Leo III on Christmas Day
Charlemagne
793
These northern sea people raid the British Isles for the first time
Vikings
c. 770
This disease leaves Europe. It will reappear with a vengeance around 1350.
Black Death
762
The Abbasid Caliphate founds this capital on the Tigris River
Baghdad
732
Charles Martel's victory at this battle ends Arab encroachment into France
Battle of Tours
722
The Reconquista begins in this country. It would end 770 years later with the fall of the Emirate of Granada.
Spain
717–718
The Umayyad Caliphate besieges this largest and most important of Christian cities – but fails to capture it
Constantinople
708
This small island, today one of France's biggest tourist attractions, is fortified
Mont-Saint-Michel
c. 700
Formerly known as Chang'an, this Chinese city is the most populous in the world (HINT: starts with X)
Xi'an
697
The first doge is elected in this Adriatic republic
Venice
691
This Islamic shrine is completed on Jerusalem's Temple Mount
Dome of the Rock
691
Wu Zetian becomes the first and only Empress of this country
China
663
According to legend, this Japanese volcano's summit is reached for the first time
Mount Fuji
639
Arabs conquer this country, the "bread basket" of the Byzantine Empire
Egypt
632
Muhammad dies in this city
Medina
629
This Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca is held for the first time
Hajj
609
This Roman building, originally a temple to all gods, is transformed into a church
Pantheon
601
St. Augustine becomes the first archbishop of this English city
Canterbury
600s
This footrest for horse riders spreads to Europe, making mounted knights more effective, and potentially bringing about feudalism
Stirrups
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33 Comments
JackBeNimble
+3
Level 82
Jan 15, 2019
My recollection of my GCSE French was not quite sufficient. Does anyone else remember those text books?
WolfCam
+16
Level 67
Jan 15, 2019
100% (somehow). I’m glad this quiz was so spread out and wasn’t just Europe!
JackintheBox
+1
Level 82
Jan 16, 2021
Me too!
Malbaby
+6
Level 70
Jan 16, 2019
I think I should have been given a point for 'Saint-Michel' for Mont Saint Michel....... even as in the early days this isle was called Mont-Tombe anyway.
IsleAuHaulte
+4
Level 92
Jan 18, 2019
Yeah I just typed stmichel first too.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Jul 5, 2020
St Michel will work now
CardinalSin
+1
Level 82
Aug 4, 2020
Mont St Michel isn't an island. At low tide, it is joined to the mainland. It is what the French call a "presqu'ile".
ReyFer
+1
Level 67
Jan 17, 2019
For the Reconquista question, I think anserws like Asturias or Leon should be added, as Spain didn't exist yet
sulfuratus
+1
Level 71
Jan 18, 2019
That doesn't make sense. The Asturian reconquista didn't end with the fall of Granada. Asturias is on the other side of the Iberian peninsula and León is also pretty far away.
cpgatbyu
+2
Level 88
Feb 5, 2021
I at least partially agree. It seems like the reconquista wouldn't have taken place in Spain, since the reason there was a reconquista was because this land was outside of Spain, right? This could be cleared up by specifying "present-day" country.
vermiciousknid
+1
Level 91
Feb 5, 2021
Or by asking for the peninsula instead of the country.
cornflakesfu
+2
Level 89
Jan 18, 2019
Did better than I expected, given that my high school world history course jumped directly from the fall of Rome to the Renaissance.
Stoggler
+1
Level 55
Oct 8, 2025
That's quite a large gap in history!
AVB
+1
Level 74
Jan 18, 2019
Byzantium should be accepted for Constantinople.
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Jan 18, 2019
The name was changed a few centuries prior to this.
kalbahamut
+7
Level 79
Jan 18, 2019
Spent 2 minutes trying to think up the French island, but after giving up saw that I'd never heard of it before.
ander217
+1
Level 74
Jan 18, 2019
Same here.
sumokitty
+7
Level 90
Jan 18, 2019
Mont St Michel is fantastic -- definitely worth a trip!
camus
+1
Level 80
Jan 20, 2019
You may have seen pictures of it?
joeythelemur
+1
Level 80
Jul 8, 2020
An incredible place and definitely should be on anyone's list. It's literally breathtaking when you come upon it. Spent a night on the Mont in 1992, will never forget it.
GeoDude
+14
Level 46
Jan 18, 2019
wow. doge. much canali. so wet.
ADX31
+2
Level 55
Jan 19, 2019
As a Frenchman i'm not sure if Mont St Michel is a true island, because on low tides you can reach it by walking on the sand, and there's even a road you could drive before it was closed to public traffic, so it's only an island some part of the day.
Stoggler
+1
Level 55
Oct 8, 2025
What does being French have to do with the rest of the comment? It doesn't give you some sort of insight into the status of Mont St Michel, it's a geographical matter, not a French one!
PrettyTiedUp
+2
Level 71
Sep 16, 2020
I've been to France many times, I have family living there and I've never even heard of Mont St Michel. It's on my list now
JetPunker180
+1
Level 55
Feb 5, 2021
I don't think that Shrine is on Temple mount
Origin
+3
Level 21
Feb 6, 2021
In France, we never talk about the battle of Tours, but the battle of Poitiers.
daraconn
+1
Level 57
Jul 16, 2023
I typed Poitiers and it was accepted
diguedondon
+1
Level 71
Aug 14, 2024
I totally agree : it's as if we had accepted battle of London instead of battle of Hastings :)))
iLoveHotDads1
+1
Level 42
Feb 6, 2021
Please let Karl count too for „charlemagne“ since he was from nowaday germany;)
cocachiantos
+1
Level 75
Oct 8, 2025
he is not known as such in English
Cubersin
+1
Level 44
Jul 17, 2023
7-8
Hedgehog76
+2
Level 74
Jul 19, 2023
Reconquista ended in 1492, I thought. So, it would be 770 and not 727 years after 722,
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Dec 4, 2024
Fixed!
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