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800 CE – 888 CE
Carolingian Empire
Charlemagne’s Frankish empire that revived learning and crowned a new Western emperor.
Timeline
768 CE
Charlemagne crowned king
Charlemagne becomes king of the Franks and begins his conquests.
800 CE
Crowned Emperor in Rome
The Pope crowns Charlemagne Emperor, reviving the Western imperial title.
843 CE
Treaty of Verdun
The empire is split among his grandsons, shaping future Europe.