751 AD
Battle of Talas
Abbasid and Tang armies meet in Central Asia, fixing the frontier between them.
- Time period
- 751 AD
- Region
- Central Asia
- Theme
- Military
- Civilization
- Tang China and Abbasid Caliphate
In 751 CE, an Abbasid army and its Karluk allies defeated a Tang force near the Talas River. The battle ended Tang expansion westward. Tradition says Chinese prisoners helped spread papermaking to the Islamic world.