Timeline: 400-800 AD
During the 400's AD, the western part of the Roman Empire
collapsed into several smaller
states. In Spain and Portugal there were the Visigoths,
in North Africa the Vandals,
in Italy the Ostrogoths,
in the Balkans the Avars,
and in France the Merovingians.
In England, this is the time of the (legendary) King
Arthur.
About 550, Justinian, the emperor of the surviving eastern part of the Roman Empire, tried to recapture the West, and succeeded in retaking Italy, North Africa, and part of Spain. But these successes were only temporary.
In the 600's AD, the new faith of Islam was put forth by its prophet, Mohammed. Arab armies fired by their new religion swept from Arabia (modern Saudi Arabia) into the Roman Empire and the Parthian Empire, and succeeded in taking over both and establishing a huge empire running from Pakistan in the east to Spain in the West, including North Africa (with Egypt). India was still Hindu, under the Guptan Empire.
In China, the Sui and the T'ang Dynasties reunited the empire after a period of disunity.
By the late 700's, Europe also was united under the emperor Charlemagne, although more weakly than the Arab Empire.
800-1100 AD
About 550, Justinian, the emperor of the surviving eastern part of the Roman Empire, tried to recapture the West, and succeeded in retaking Italy, North Africa, and part of Spain. But these successes were only temporary.
In the 600's AD, the new faith of Islam was put forth by its prophet, Mohammed. Arab armies fired by their new religion swept from Arabia (modern Saudi Arabia) into the Roman Empire and the Parthian Empire, and succeeded in taking over both and establishing a huge empire running from Pakistan in the east to Spain in the West, including North Africa (with Egypt). India was still Hindu, under the Guptan Empire.
In China, the Sui and the T'ang Dynasties reunited the empire after a period of disunity.
By the late 700's, Europe also was united under the emperor Charlemagne, although more weakly than the Arab Empire.
800-1100 AD
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