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Group: Goguryeo (Koguryo), Kingdom of
People: Aristarchus of Samothrace
Topic: Byzantine-Muslim War of 778-83
Location: Jiankang Jiangsu (Kiangsu) China

Byzantine-Muslim War of 778-83

Years: 778 - 783

After the death of Constantine V in 775, Arab raids on the Byzantine Empire had resumed.

After a heavy defeat at Germanicopolis in 779/780, the Abbasids launch a series of major invasions under Harun al-Rashid, which lead to the conclusion of a truce in 783.

"History should be taught as the rise of civilization, and not as the history of this nation or that. It should be taught from the point of view of mankind as a whole, and not with undue emphasis on one's own country. Children should learn that every country has committed crimes and that most crimes were blunders. They should learn how mass hysteria can drive a whole nation into folly and into persecution of the few who are not swept away by the prevailing madness."

—Bertrand Russell, On Education (1926)