637

yearbox
in?=
cp=6th century
c=7th century
cf=8th century

yp1=634
yp2=635
yp3=636
year=637
ya1=638
ya2=639
ya3=640
dp3=600s
dp2=610s
dp1=620s
d=630s
dn1=640s
dn2=650s
dn3=660s__NOTOC__

Events

By Place

Europe

* Battle of Mag Rath: Dál Riata influence in Ulster is greatly reduced or ended.

Asia

* Battle of al-Qādisiyyah: The Rashidun Caliphate defeats the Sassanid army, eventually taking the Persian capital of Ctesiphon.
* Muslim forces under the Rashidun Caliphate conquer Jerusalem.
* Muslim forces under the Rashidun Caliphate conquer Aleppo.
* Muslim forces under the Rashidun Caliphate conquer Antioch and take control of north-eastern Anatolia.
* Chang'an, capital of China, becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Ctesiphon, capital of the Sassanid Empire. [http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa011201a.htm]
* Songtsen Gampo builds the first palace on the site of the Potala Palace.

Births

*

Deaths

* Wen Yanbo, Chinese chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (born 575)