Veliki Preslav

City · c. 682 CE · in Europe

Capital of First Bulgarian Empire (682–1017).

Ohrid (c. 682 CE): Capital of First Bulgarian Empire (682–1017).
Skopje (c. 682 CE): Capital of First Bulgarian Empire (682–1017), Serbian Empire (1352–1371), Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (1992–today).
Pliska (c. 682 CE): Capital of First Bulgarian Empire (682–1017).
Palembang (c. 674 CE): Capital of Srivijaya (674–1293).
Bolgar (c. 674 CE): Capital of Volga Bulgaria (674–1235), Golden Horde (1294–1502).
Bolghar Gord (c. 674–1235 CE): Capital of Volga Bulgaria (674–1235).
Bilär (c. 674–1235 CE): Capital of Volga Bulgaria (674–1235).
Dubrovnik (700 CE): Capital of Republic of Ragusa (1385–1806).
Lamphun (c. 661 CE): Capital of Haripuñjaya (661–1292).
Maria Saal (c. 661 CE): Capital of Carantania (661–749).

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Battle of the Yarmuk (636 CE): Arab Muslim armies decisively defeated the Byzantine army near the Yarmuk River, opening the Levant to the Muslim conquest.
Umayyad Caliphate (661–750 CE): Mu'awiya I founded the Umayyad Caliphate with its capital at Damascus; it extended Muslim rule from Iberia to Central Asia.
Dome of the Rock (c. 691 CE): Built on Jerusalem's Temple Mount under the Umayyad caliph Abd al-Malik, it is the oldest surviving major work of Islamic architecture.
Palmyra (c. 261–1929 CE): Capital of Palmyrene Empire (261–269).
First Bulgarian Empire founded (681 CE): After defeating the Byzantines, Khan Asparukh founded the Bulgarian state south of the Danube, with its capital at Pliska.
Eraclea (c. 705 CE): Capital of Republic of Venice (705–742).
Great Mosque of Damascus (715 CE): Built by Caliph al-Walid I on the site of a Christian basilica, it is one of the largest and oldest mosques in the world and famed for its mosaics.
Uplistsikhe (2,001 BCE – 740 CE): Capital of Principality of Iberia (682–740).