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In 395, the Roman Empire was divided into two territories: the Western Roman Empire, with its capital in Rome, and the Eastern Roman Empire, with its capital in Constantinople.The empire of the East later became known as the Byzantine Empire and survived until 1453.
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The year 476 marks the end of the ancient world and the beginning of a new historical stage: the Middle Ages. The fall of the Western Roman Empire opened this long historical stage of almost a thousand years.
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The Islamic civilisation emerged on the Arabian Peninsula in the early 7th century, when Muhammad, a merchant from Mecca, had a divine revelation.
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On French territory, in the mid-8th century, Pippin the Short deposed the last Merovingian king and proclaimed himself king of the Franks. He inaugurated the Carolingian dynasty
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He was not the king, he was the mayor of the Palace, He stopped the muslims in the battle of Poitiers and after that he became very popular and famous.
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The battle of Poitiers took place on October 10, 732 between the forces commanded by the Frankish leader Carlos Martel and a Muslim army under the command of Al-Andalus Abd ar-Rahman ibn Abd Allah al-Gafiqi. During the battle, the Franks defeated the Muslim army and al-Gafiqi was killed.
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He became king and singed an alliance with Roman Church.
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He conquered many territories in Europe. He wanted to rebuild the Roman Empire, capital in Aachen, Germany.
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The Holy Roman Empire disappeared on August 6, 1806 when Francis II renounced the imperial crown to remain solely as Austrian emperor, due to the defeats suffered at the hands of Napoleon I.
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Origin of the present day, France annd Germany.
