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Oleg leads Kievan Rus' in a campaign against Constantinople

Abaoji named Great Khan of the Khitan.

Yelü Abaoji establishes Liao (Khitan) dynasty

Fall of the Tang Dynasty

Founding of the Later Liang Dynasty by Zhu Wen, the first of northern China's Five Dynasties.

Former Shu founded by Wang Jian in Chengdu.

Wu-Yue State founded by Qian Liu in Hangzhou

Short-lived Qi State founded in northwest China

Founding of the Chernihiv in Ukraine

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