List of heads of state 740

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America

• Maya
  • Copan
    • Ruler : K'ak 'Joplaj Chan K'awiil (738–749)
  • Palenque
    • Ruler : K'inich Janaab Pakal II (738–751)
  • Tikal
    • Ruler : Yik'in Chan K'awiil (734–766)

Asia

• Bagan
  • King : Theinsun (734–744)

• China
  • Emperor : Tang Xuanzong (712-756)

• Iberia (Kartlien)
  • King : Guaram III. (692-748)

• India
  • Chalukya
    • King : Vikramaditya II (733-746)
  • Eastern Chalukya
    • King : Vishnuvardhana III. (719-755)
  • Pallava
    • King : Nandi Varman II (710–775)
  • Pandya
    • King : Arikesari Parankusa Maravarman Rajasimha I (735–765)
  • Rashtrakuta
    • King : Dantidurga (735–756)

• Japan
  • Emperor  : Shōmu (724-749)

• cashmere
  • King : Lalitaditya (723-760)

• Empire of the Kök Turks
  • Ruler : Bilge Kutluk Tengri-Khan (739-741)

• Korea
  • Balhae
    • King : Sejong Mun (738–794)
  • Silla
    • King : Hyoseong (737-742)

• Caliphate of the Muslims
  • Caliph : Hishām ibn ʿAbd al-Malik (724-743)

• Tibet
  • King : Thride Tsugten (704–755)

Europe

• Bulgaria
  • Khan : Sewar (738-753 / 754)

• Byzantine Empire
  • Emperor : Leo III. (717-741)

• England ( heptarchy )
  • East Anglia
    • King : Ælfwald (713–749)
  • Essex
    • King : Saelred (738-746)
  • Kent
    • King: Æthelberht II. (725–762)
    • King: Eadberht I (725-748)
  • Mercia
    • King : Æthelbald (716–757)
  • Northumbria
    • King : Eadberht (737-758)
  • Wessex
    • King : Æthelheard (726–740)
    • King: Cuthred (740-756)

• Frankish Empire
  • Interregnum (737-743)
  • Hausmeier: Karl Martell (717–741)

• Italy
  • Longobard Empire
    • King : Liutprand (712-744)
    • Autonomous Lombard Duchies:
      • Duke of Benevento : Godescalcus (739–742)
      • Duke of Friuli : Ratchis (739-744)
      • Duke of Spoleto : Hilderic (739–740)
      • Duke: Transamund II (740-742)
  • Venice
    • Byzantine administration (737-742)

• Scotland
  • Dalriada
    • King : Aed (739-778)
  • Strathclyde
    • King : Teudebur (722–752)
  • Picts
    • King : Óengus I (729–761)

• Spain
  • Asturias
    • King : Alfonso I (739-757)
  • Al-Andalus
    • Governor of the Umayyad Caliph : Uqba ibn Hajjaj as-Saluli (734-740)
    • Governor: Abd al-Malik ibn Qatan al-Fihri (740-742)

• Wales
  • Gwynedd
    • King : Rhodri Molwynog ap Idwal (720–754)
  • Powys
    • Prince: Elisedd ap Gwylog (725–755)

Religious leaders

• Pope : Gregory III. (731-741)
• Patriarch of Constantinople: Anastasius (730-754)