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Germanic general Odoacer deposed the last of the Western Roman emperors
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Western Europe resembled the political situation in India at the time.
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The Franks conquered most of Roman Gaul and emerged as the preeminent military and political power in western Europe.
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Byzantine forces under General Belisarius gained control over Italy, Sicily, much of northwestern Africa, and southern Spain
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Byzantine Syria, Palestine, Egypt, and north Africa fell under Muslim rule. Muslim Conquerors seized the Provinces of Egypt and Syria
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prolonged siege of Constantinople for 4 years 674-678
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Political and religious tensions grew increasingly complicated between the two halves of the former Roman Empire.
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prolonged siege of Constantinople 717-718
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Charlemagne's grandfather, Charles Martel, defeated a Muslim army that had ventured into Frankish territory after Muslim armies had conquered most of the Iberian Peninusula.
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Charlemagne ruled the western empire in Europe with the capital Aachen, located where Germany is now.
Charlemagne sponsored efforts for the spread of Christianity to northern Germany and Scandinavia -
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An Abbasid caliph named Harun al-Rashid gave an albino elephant, named Abu al-Abbas after the founder of the Abbasid dynasty, to Charlemagne as a gift. The elephant was born in India, trained in Baghdad in 798, and took a long journey to finally get to Charlemagne in 802 CE.
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church of Hagia Sophia (holy wisdom), built by Justinian and transformed into a mosque