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Had Constantine not converted to christantiy, christanity would not be so common today. Constantine is the reason the christianty religion is spread worldwide today, because when he converted so did the Roman Empire.
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Became the sloe ruler after many cival wars with other emperors. Constantine created the Great Schism, a split between the roman empire by converting to christanity after God helped him through a major battle.
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The battle of the Milvian Bridge was the reason Constantine convertes to christanity. He saw the christian symbol in the sky and took it as a dign from God, then won the battle, even though he was greatly outnumbered.
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Had the Battle of Milvian Bridge not happened for some reason, Constantine had not converted to christanity, therefore, the Great schism had not occured, so maybe the Roman Empire would still be intact today.
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THe council of nicea was the meeting of christian leaders and priests to decide what christanity was exacly. It included the first creations of what would become the Bible.
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Without the Council of Nicea, chrisianty wouldnt have the Bible, or any of the basic rules of practicing the religion. Alot was decided on the day of the first meeting, and most is still in effect today.
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The invading army reached the outskirts of Rome, which had been left totally undefended. In 410 C.E., the Visigoths, led by Alaric, breached the walls of Rome and sacked the capital of the Roman Empire.
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HIs reign is commonly seen as the official ending of the Western Roman Empire.
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Byzantine Emporer from 527 to 565. He was the last Roman empoper to speak Latin as his first language. He expanded the Byzantine empire until his death in 565. Theodora was a big influence on how Justinian ran the Byzantine Empire.
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The Hagia Sophia is a former Greek Orthodox patriarchal basilica (church), later an imperial mosque, and now a museum in Istanbul, Turkey
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Saint Bede was a English Monk at the Northumbrian monestary of Saint Peter. Author and scholar during the middle ages, teaching children education.
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A Moslem army, in a crusading search for land and the end of Christianity, after the conquest of Syria, Egypt, and North Africa, began to invade Western Europe, but were met outside the city of Tours by Charles Martel and the Frankish Army.
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In the span of three years, the Black Death killed one third of all the people in Europe. It followed a new increase of population.
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1/3 of the population died from the plague. Had the plague not killed so many people, the Earth would Probobly be overpopulated at this point in time.
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Clovis takes power of the Franks as their king at age fifteen. He is the first king of what would become France.
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Nicknamed "The Hammer", Charles Martel was the Duke and Prince of the Franks and the Mayor of the palace from 718 until his death in 741.
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Alaric was the king of the Visigoths from 395 to 410. He took over Rome in 410.
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Clovis came into power to be King of what would become France. He was the first King of ancient France, so he kind of was the begining of France
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Charlemagne was the King of the Franks from 768, the King of Italy from 774, and from 800 the first emperor in western Europe since the collapse of the Western Roman Empire three centuries earlier.
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Benedict founded twelve communities for monks at Subiaco, Italy (about 40 miles (64 km) to the east of Rome), before moving to Monte Cassino in the mountains of southern Italy.
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Ivar Ragnarsson, nicknamed the Boneless, was a Viking leader and by reputation also a berserker. he was called Ivar the Boneless because he had "brittle bone disease" and couldnt walk.
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The Holy Roman Empire was a multi-ethnic and complex union of territories in Central Europe existing from 962 to 1806. It was ruled by an elected emperor --the "electors" were powerful princes
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The Vikings sailed most of the North Atlantic, reaching south to North Africa and east to Russia, Constantinople and the Middle East, as looters, traders, colonists, and mercenaries.
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Alfred successfully defended his kingdom against the Viking attempt at conquest, and by the time of his death had become the dominant ruler in England
