During the reigns of Pepin the Short and his son Charlemagne, the Carolingians conquered, between the 8th and 9th centuries, vast territories and united large areas of western Europe into a single unit. On Christmas Day 800, Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne Emperor of the Romans. This map shows the extent of the Empire at the time of Charlemagne's coronation.
French Civilization
Charles I the Great , called Charlemagne (Carolus Magnus), was King of the Franks from 768 until his death. He expanded the various Frankish kingdoms into an Empire incorporating much of Western and Central Europe. He conquered Italy and was crowned Emperor by Pope Leo III on December 25, 800 in Rom
The Ottoman Empire orTurkish-Ottoman Empire began around 1300, in what is now the Republic of Turkey and ended at the time of the First World War. The territories encompassed part of the Middle East, Southeast Europe and North Africa. In the 15th and 16th centuries, it was one of the greatest powers
The Babylonian Empire is one of the main periods of the ancient world and was located in the region now known as Iraq, in the lands that cross the Tiger rivers and Euphrates . Divided into two phases, it was located in the southern region of Mesopotamia. The two phases are separated by the rule of
The Assyrian Empire was one of the major nations in Mesopotamian history. If the maximum splendor of the Assyrian State corresponds to the first half of the 1st millennium BC (Neo-Assyrian Empire), its origins date back to the end of the third millennium BC. The original geographic core of the Assy