Famous People from the 8th Century AD

Guess the Names of these famous people, who lived in the 8th century AD

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"Father of Europe", who became the first Frankish Emperor and defeated the Saxons	Charlemagne
Pope, who crownded him as emperor	Leo III
Leader of a chinese rebellion, which devestated the country and sparked the downfall of the Tang dynasty	An Lushan
Great chinese poet, called "Saint of Poetry" or "Poet-Sage"	Du Fu
"Apostle of the Germans", who helped establish Christianity in Germany	Saint Boniface
King of Saxony, who lost against the Franks and was forced to be baptized and accept Frankish rule over Saxony	Widukind
First Frankish King of the Karolingian dynasty	Pepin the Short
Pope, who asked him for help against the Langobards, crowned him king and founded the Papal State	Stephen II

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Second Abbasidian Caliph, who consolidated the Rule of his Dynasty and founded Baghdad	Al-Mansur
Ummayad caliph, who brought the Caliphat to its biggest extend and build great mosques like the Al-Aqsa Mosque	Al-Walid
Leader of the Abbasid Rebellion and first caliph of the Abbasid Dynasty	Abu Muslim
Frankish statesman and military leader, who defeated the Arabs at the Battle of Tours	Charles Martel
Member of the Ummayad Dynasty, who fled the Abbasids to Spain and became Caliph of Cordoba	Abd al-Rahman
Ummayad commander, who conquered large parts of Iberia	Tariq ibn Ziyad
Great chinese poet, who wrote "Quiet Night Thoughts"	Li Bai

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