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SUMMARY:DAY ONE: The Global Eighth Century: A Comparative Assessment of Socio-economic and Political  Developments in the Eighth Century CE Across Eurasia
DESCRIPTION:Around the middle of the eighth century CE different socie
 ties in Eurasia experienced important changes. The Carolingian revolut
 ion in Western Europe\, the Abbasid revolution in the Middle East and 
 the An Lushan rebellion in China practically coincided with the sudden
  relocations of the capital of Japan. The eighth century in general se
 ems to be a period of simultaneous socio-economic upswing in societies
  as far apart as Southeast Asia and Northwestern Europe. This two-day 
 workshop on April 15-16\, 2016\, will investigate these simultaneous d
 evelopments by bringing together specialists on the history of the eig
 hth century in Western Europe\, Byzantium\, the Middle East\, Central 
 Asia\, South Asia\, China\, Japan and Southeast Asia.
LOCATION:ISAW Lecture Hall
PRIORITY:3
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