Charlemagne was the first emperor in Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire. He united most of Western Europe, also for the first time after the fall of the Roman Empire. He is known as 'the Father of Europe'. Before his rise to power, Europe was obviously divided.
The Byzantium Empire.
Fall of France
In Europe, the so-called Dark Ages began after the fall of the Roman empire.In Europe, the so-called Dark Ages began after the fall of the Roman empire.In Europe, the so-called Dark Ages began after the fall of the Roman empire.In Europe, the so-called Dark Ages began after the fall of the Roman empire.In Europe, the so-called Dark Ages began after the fall of the Roman empire.In Europe, the so-called Dark Ages began after the fall of the Roman empire.In Europe, the so-called Dark Ages began after the fall of the Roman empire.In Europe, the so-called Dark Ages began after the fall of the Roman empire.In Europe, the so-called Dark Ages began after the fall of the Roman empire.
The Western Roman Empire was Western Europe
Western Europe declined.
in southern Europe
By the fall of 1940 Germany controlled most of Western Europe. The countries under German rule include but are not limited to France, Belgium, and the Netherlands.
The emperor of the Franks who conquered much of Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire was Charles the Great, also known as Charlemagne.
Nobody ever controlled the whole of Europe, not even the Romans. They controlled continental Western Europe up to the River Rhine and southern Germany, England and Wales and the Balkan Peninsula in south-eastern Europe. The first people to be in control of most of continental Western Europe after the fall of the western part of the Roman Empire were the franks when their king established what historians have called the Carolingian Empire.
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