beginning almost eight centuries of Muslim rule. 712: Liutprand, King of the Lombards begins his reign (until 744). c. 712: Metropolitan episcopal see is established by the Church of the East in Chinese capital of Chang'an. 712–756: Emperor Xuanzong reigned, the time was considered one of China's high points. 712–776: Caliphate campaigns in India Arab Expansions Halted. 713: Death of Dajian Huineng, sixth and last Patriarch of Chán Buddhism. 713: Treaty of Tudmir, signed between Abd al-'Aziz, the commander of Muslim troops invaidibng Spain and Theodemir, the Christian king of a southern region is Spain. 715: Death of al-Walid I and he was succeeded by his brother Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik. 716: Sanjaya ascends the throne to be the first king of the Mataram Kingdom. 717: Death of caliph Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik and his succession by his cousin and nominated heir Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz. 717–718: Siege of Constantinople. The Bulgarians and the Byzantines decisively defeat the invading Arabs, thus halting the Arab advance toward Europe. 718: Sri Indravarman King of Srivijaya send a letter to the Caliph Umar bin Abdul Aziz of the Umayyad Caliphate in Damascus, signing early ancient Indonesian official contact with Islamic world in the Middle East. 720: Death of caliph Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz and succession of his cousin Yazid II on 4th February 720. 724: Death of caliph Yazid II and he was succeeded by his brother and nominated heir Hisham. 726: Byzantine Emperor Leo III the Isaurian destroys the icon of Christ above the Chalke Gate in the capital city of Constantinople, beginning the first phase of the Byzantine Iconoclasm. 731: Bede completes his Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum (Ecclesiastical History of the English People). 732: Battle of Tours. Near Poitiers, France, leader of the Franks Charles Martel and his men defeat a large army of Moors under the governor of Cordoba, Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi, who is killed during the battle. The Battle of Tours halts the advance of Islam into Western Europe and establishes a balance of power between Western Europe, Islam and the Byzantine Empire. 732: The Sanjaya dynasty is founded around this time according to the Canggal inscription. 738: Quiriguá declares independence from Copan 740: Battle of Akroinon. Byzantines win their first large-scale victory in a pitched battle against the Arabs. 742: For the municipal census of the Tang-dynasty Chinese capital city Chang'an and its metropolitan area of Jingzhou