8th century in poetry

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Centuries in poetry:	7th century - 8th century - 9th century
Decades in poetry:	700s 710s 720s 730s 740s 750s 760s 770s 780s 790s
Centuries:	7th century - 8th century - 9th century

Contents 1 East Asia 2 Arabic World 3 Europe 3.1 Poets 4 Byzantine Empire 4.1 Poets 5 South Asia 5.1 Poets 5.2 Works 6 Decades and years

[edit] East Asia

• Chinese poetry reaches a highpoint in the Tang dynasty with the work of Li Bai and Du Fu.

[edit] Arabic World

• Compilation of the Mufaddaliyat (prior to 784) and the Mu'allaqat, the major collections of pre-Islamic Arabic poetry.

[edit] Europe

• Likely period for the first composition of the poems that were ultimately compiled in the Beowulf manuscript

[edit] Poets

• Paulinus of Aquileia(c. 730/40 - 802) Italian ecclesiastic and poet.

[edit] Byzantine Empire

[edit] Poets

• Saint Andrew of Crete (ca. 650 – July 4, 740)

[edit] South Asia

[edit] Poets

• Bharavi, writing in Sanskrit
• Magha, writing in Sanskrit
• Saraha, writing in Old Hindi

[edit] Works

[edit] Decades and years

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