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350 followers · 2619 posts · Server mas.toA little #FrenchHistory as background during the riots: (edited from #Wikipedia)
Did you know that 1200 years ago as #Rome fell, the #Christian world was nearly conquered by the #Islam World?
The Carolingian Empire (800–888) was a large #Frankish-dominated empire in western and central Europe during the #EarlyMiddleAges.
In #AD800, the #Frankish king #Charlemagne was crowned emperor in Rome by #PopeLeoIII in an effort to transfer the #RomanEmpire from the #ByzantineEmpire to western Europe.
#ByzantineEmpire #romanempire #popeleoiii #charlemagne #ad800 #earlymiddleages #frankish #islam #christian #rome #wikipedia #Frenchhistory