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Unformatted text preview: -converted and his people followed Battle of Tours (732)-Frank people had a lot to do with it -in c.622, there was an emerging community in Islam that spread to Mecca-Battle b/w the Frank people and the Islamic people Charles Martel-leader of the Franks -managed to defeat the Islamic force-important of securing Christian Europe -Europe was able to secure Christianity and stop the spread of Islam Donation of Pepin (756)-Pepin was asked to fight for the pope b/c the pope felt insecure -decided to give some land to the pope -the pope needed a lot of support Charlemagne -decided to conquer Europe to spread Catholicism-people were forced to convert to Catholicism -crowned as Holy Roman Emperor (800) by the pope who said that Western Europe is back: called the Holy Roman Empire Eastern Orthodox Roman Empire Wester n Roman Empire Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine Empire) Germanic Kingdoms Frankish Empire Germ any Franc e Catholic...
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