During the 7th and 8th centuries, Islam expanding out of the Arabian Peninsula, across southwest Asia, and across North Africa.
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Origins
Islam arose in the early 7th century on the Arabian Peninsula.
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The Christianization of Europe
Christianity was established slowly, inconsistantly, and in bits and pieces throughout Europe and Britain. These accounts all give some indication of the nature of this conversion.
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The Early Middle Ages
After the decline of Rome in the West, various “barbarian” kingdoms emerged. One of these, the kingdom of the Franks, became dominant in what is now France and Germany. Its first dynasty, that of the Merovingian and, later, the stronger Carolingian Dynasty.
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