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| Who were the Franks and in what year did Clovis (their leader) conquer the former Roman province of Gaul? Did they have any ties to religion? |
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| The Franks were one of the Germanic tribes between 400 and 700. Clovis conquered Gaul in 486. He earned the support of the people in Gaul by converting to Christianity. |
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| In what year did the religion of Islam first surface in Arabia? |
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| After the surprising Muslim invasion of Christian lands from Palestine to North Africa to Spain, in which country were they repelled. Specify the date and the ruler of the country. |
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| The Muslims were repelled in France under the command of Charles Mantel. |
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| At which battle did the Christian warriors consider their victory "A sign of God"? Specify the date. |
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| At the battle of Tours in 732. |
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| what was the name of the emporer who took over from Charles Mantel, and built an empire reaching across France, Germany and parts of Italy. Specify the date he created the empire, and his relation to Charles Mantel. |
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| The emporer Charlemagne (also known as Charles the Great), was the grandson of Charles Mantel, and his empire began around 800. |
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| A Christian Pope crowned a German King's successor to the Roman Emperors. Name the Pope, the successor, the title that the Pope crowned him with, the event that triggered it, and specify the date. |
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| In 800, Pope Leo III requested Charlemagne's help to crush a rebellion. After Charlemagne destroyed the rebellion, the Pope proclaimed him "Emperor of the Romans." This event started the idea of a united Christian community. |
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| Charlemagne appointed nobles to rule local regions and gave them land. To make sure that everything was kept in check, he sent out officals. Name the officials, and their role for him. |
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| The Missi Dominici checked on roads, listened to grievances and saw that justice was done. They were instructed to administer the law fully and justly in the case of the holy churches of God. |
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| Charlemagne wanted to revive education in his empire. Name the Church he founded, the scholar that directed it, and list four topics that they taught. |
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| Charlemagne founded the school at Aachen under the direction of the scholar Alcuin, who created a curriculum which taught logic, arithmatic, geometry, msuic, astronomy, grammar and rhetoric among others. |
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| In what year did Charlemagne die? |
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| Charlemagne's death caused fighting for power among his heirs for 30 years. Specify the date that his grandchildren set up their treaty. Name the treaty and what it did. |
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| Charlemagne's grandchildren drew up the Treaty of Verdun in 814 which split the empire into three regions. |
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| Which group of people still posed as a threat to Charlemagne's heirs and in about which year did they conquer Sicily? |
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| The Muslims conquered Sicily in the late 800's. |
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| Describe the Magyars and their role in the Early Middle Ages. Specify dates achievements and their country of origin. |
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| The Magyars were a new wave of nomadic people who settled in nowadays Hungary, in 896. They overran eastern Europe, and moved on to plunder Germany, Italy, and parts of France. They were pushed back into Hungary after 50 years. |
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