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Clovis conquers most of France and Belgium and converting his territories into western Catholic Christianity
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Persia is conquered by Byzantine forces.
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Arab forces conquer most of the Byzantine territories, formerly occupied by the Persians.
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The Arabs attempt to conquer Constantinople but fail.
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Benedictine missionaries complete the conversion of England begun by St. Gregory the Great.
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Vernerable Bede writes the History of the English Church and People in Latin
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Irish monks established early- Medieval art
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The first great English epic poem is written in Old English.
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William the Conqueror invades England and asserts his right to the English throne at the Battle of Hastings.
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The Seljuk Turks of Islam defeat the Byzantines at Manzikert in Asia Minor and reconquer most of the eastern Byzantine provinces.
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Captured Jerusalem and killed their main inhabitants
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Spain reconquers the Iberian peninsula from the Muslims in the name of Christianity.
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is replaced by the first ruler of the Valois dynasty
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The plague appears during a time of economic depression and occurs frequintly until the fifteenth century
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A war begins between the English and the French directly following an occurrence of the Black Death in France.
