Emperor Gaozong replaced the Jiaozhou Protectorate with the Protectorate General to Pacify the South (Annan), seated in Songping county; from then on Chinese writers called the country Annan.
Founding
Founding of the Annan Protectorate
- 679 CE
- Southeast Asia
Meanwhile, elsewhere
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- 633 – 654 CEMuslim conquest of PersiaCentral Asia
- 622 – 750 CEMuslim conquestsMiddle East
- 541 – 750 CEPlague of JustinianMiddle East
- 629 – 1050s CEArab–Byzantine warsMiddle East
- 680 – 1355 CEByzantine–Bulgarian WarsEurope
- 8th century – 9th century CECarolingian Renaissance
- 7th century – 7th century CEsuccession to Muhammad