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The Carolingian dynasty were a family of French aristocrats that ruled Western Europe
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The Merovingian Dynasty is a dynasty that ruled over the Franks for almost htree hundred years. During their reign they were very powerful but their power ended with a nasty war.
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Diocletian split Rome into two different regions. It was dived into Eastern and Western regions. He did this because the Roman empire was just to large to be controlled all together.
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The Edict of Milan established security for Christianity. It proclaimed religious tolerance to all of the religions. The Roman emperors met together in Milan to create this proclamation.
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Theodosius II builds a great walk around Constantinople, establishing it as the center of the new Eastern Roman Empire.
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The Nicean Creed was adopted in the city of Nicaea. Its purpose was to provide a statement of correct belief for the worshipers to explicitly follow.
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The sacking of Rome was when the Visigoths attacked the Roman empire.
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Clovis was the second leader of the Merovingian dynasty. He was very powerful and united all of Gaul.
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Justinian became the emperor of the Byzantine empire. Both he and his wife Theodora had far reaching impacts on the empire.
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The Hagia Sophia is a church that was built by Theodora and Justinian during the Byzantine empire. It is the most important building that was built during the Byzantine empire.
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Muhammad and his followers conquered Mecca and claimed it as the holy place for people of the Muslim religion.
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Ali was murdered and this sparked the split between the Sunni and the Shia. Ali became a caliph but he was brutually murdered and the small muslim community split based on beliefs.
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The Battle of Tours was fought between the Franks and the Muslims. Charles Martel the leader won causing the Muslims to retreat and stopping the spread of Islam.
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Baghdad is built and it becomes the new capitol of what is known as present day Iraq. The second caliph Al-Mansur founded it. It is currently one of the biggest cities in Western Asia.
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Charlegmange was a king of Franks the Lombards and than the whole Roman empire. After his death the time of the Renaissance began.
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Ambassadors were created and there are records of people going back and forth between the civilizations. They began an alliance against the Byzantine Empire.
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The Byzantine Empire recognizes Charlemagne allowing him to be ruler of the whole Western Civilization.
