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481
Rise of the Franks
Frank Empoire was united under the first king of the Merovingian dynasty,
Clovis -
Period: 481 to 511
Reign of Clovis
Clovis was the first king of Franks to unite all the Frankish tribes -
Oct 10, 732
Batlle of Poitiers
Charles Martell defeated the Arabic invasion at Tours (Poitiers) -
Period: 754 to 768
Pepin the Short
Pepin the Short -
756
Pepin the Short helped the pope fight the Lombards
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Period: 768 to 814
Charlemange
Also known as; Charles the Great, Charles Martel, the Hammer -
774
Fall of Lombars
Lombards defeated by Charlemagne, who invaded and this time conquered the Lombard kingdom outright. Italy became absorbed into the Carolingian lands right down to the border of Benevento, which remained independent. -
800
Charlemange became the emperor
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843
Treaty of Verdun
The Carolingian Empire was divided into three kingdoms among the three surviving sons of Louis the Pious
