AD 500-1000 By ktenioso 507 clovis' army drives Visigoths out of France 529 Justinian 1 becomes emperor 529 St. Benedict founds the first monastery 537 construction of Hagia Sophia begins in Constantinople 632 Death of Mohammad 637 Muslims attack Constantinople 638 Muslims capture Jerusalem 698 Muslims take Carthage 711 Muslims take Spain 732 France halts Muslim invasion 793 Vikings attack England 800 Charlemagne is crowned Holy Roman Emperor 800 Gunpower was invented 885 Vikings attack Paris 997 Muslims occupy Santiago de Compostela in Spain