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In order to keep the large empire functioning properly, Diocletian split the empire into two parts, each with an emperor and an apprentice ruling over either.
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Emperor Constantine makes Christianity legal and ends the centuries of Christian persecution.
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Creed issued from the city of Nicea on Arianism-the belief that Jesus is a part of God and not a separate, God-like entity.
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Theodosius makes Christianity the official faith of the Roman Empire, outlawing pagan worship.
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Germanic tribes sack the city of Rome in the crumbling Eastern Roman empire.
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Roman Legions leave England to protect the vulnerable Western Empire
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Theodosius II completes the walls of Constantinople, making it the greatest city and capital of the Byzantine empire.
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Influential philosopher Hypatia dies in the city of Alexandria
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Pope Leo establishes the authority of his office by using a bible story of Jesus giving Peter the keys to heaven as proof that a pope should exist.
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Clovis unites Frankish tribes under his rule
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Great Western-Christian Cathedral constructed under the rule of Justinian in the city of Constantinople
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Fearing persecution of the tribal rulers of Mecca, Muhammad flees to the Northern city of Medina and establishes his following there
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Muhammad and his followers conquer Mecca peacefully, destroying all religious idols, and establish it as their new base.
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Ali, cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad, is murdered, creating a larger split between sheite and sunni muslims.
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Mosque built by the umayyad empire on the spot where Muhammad, Jesus, and Abraham ascended to heaven in their own special ways.
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Fights Battle of Tours, divides France between his sons
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The Franks, a Germanic Tribe, end the spread of the Umayyad Empire in the town of Tours in France
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Venerable Bead, a storyteller, converts many Brits to christianity
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Abbasids take control of Islamic world from Umayyads and move capital to Baghdad.
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Pepin becomes Christian and brings the Franks with him
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Charlemagne is recognized by the church and the frankish kingdom becomes the holy roman empire.
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Charlemagne is coronated by the catholic church
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Vikings sack Paris unde the rule of Charles the Fat
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Alfred the great unites two british kingdoms against the vikings.
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Alfred gives Danes autonomy of 'Danelaw' in Northern England and Scotland
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Leif Ericsen discovers Newfoundland
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Cnut conquers England and Rules the north sea empire
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Edward the confessor given rule of England