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Fall of Rome,end of Western Roman Empire, and mass migration.
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Germanic kingdoms and high point of Byzantine Empire.
Birth and spread of Islam.
Carolingian Empire. -
The king of the Franks,Clovis, defeated the Visigoths at Vouillé
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The first caliphs were members of Muhammad´s family.
-They controlled the Arabian Peninsula.
-They defeated the Byzantine Empire.
-They subdued the Neo-Persian Empire. -
The Orthodox Cliphs.
The Umayyad Caliphate.
The Abbasid Caliphate.
Later expansion. -
Passed to the Umayyad dynasty, who governed from their capital in Damascus
Territioral expansion:
-India in the east
-Samarkand in the north
-Iberian Penisula in the west
They fail in the conquer of Constantinople. -
The mayor of the palace, Charles Martel (Pippin the Younger´s father), defeated the Muslims at Poitier and stopped their expansion in Europe.
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Caliph passed to the Abbasid dynasty,who moved the capital to Baghdad. the 8th to the 10th was the golden age for theme,but then they have a decline because of the wars limited economic development.
They divided the empire in two: the Umayyad and the Fatimds -
Pippin the Younger became King of the Franks
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Charlemagne was crowned emperor
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Charlemagne died and his son Louis the Pious succeeded him.
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Louis´sons divided up the empire in the Treaty of Verdun.
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Otto I established the Holy Roman Empire
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Feudal system.
First Crusades.
Romanesque art. -
Sailor and Muslims merchants spread Islam beyond the borders of the caliphate, following the trade route.
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Development of trade.
Gothic art.
Black Death. -
Fall of Constantinople, end of the Byzantine Empire and beginning of the Renaissance.