What is 750?
{{Year nav|750}} {{Year in various calendars|750}} {{Year article header|750}} == Events == === By geography === ==== Asia ==== * After the defeat of his army in the [[Battle of the Zab]] the last [[Umayyad Empire|Umayyad]] [[Caliph]], [[Marwan II]], is overthrown and killed. [[Al-Saffah]] is proclaimed the first [[Abbasid Empire|Abbasid]] Caliph. The capital of the [[Caliphate]] will later moved from [[Damascus]] to [[Baghdad]], within the territory of the former [[Persian Empire]]; this transfer will prove to be a momentous event for Baghdad, which develops into a centre of international trade and culture. ==== Africa ==== * The [[Ghana Empire]] begins. {{births}} {{deaths}} [[Category:750| ]] {{history-stub}}