Who was alive in the 8th century

8 people and 6 events and eras

Events and eras

• Silk Road c. 130 BCE–c. 1450 CE
• Byzantine Empire 330–1453
• Middle Ages c. 500–c. 1500
• Tang Dynasty 618–907
• Islamic Golden Age c. 786–1258
• Viking Age c. 793–1066

People

• Wu Zetian 624–705, empress
• Adi Shankara c. 700–c. 750, philosopher
• Li Bai 701–762, poet
• Du Fu 712–770, poet
• Rabia of Basra c. 717–801, Sufi mystic
• Charlemagne c. 748–814, emperor
• Harun al-Rashid c. 763–809, caliph
• Al-Khwarizmi c. 780–c. 850, mathematician