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| 796 |
| | | Alcuin leaves the palace school at Aachen to become abbot of the monastery of Tours | |
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| c. 800 |
| | | Beowulf, the first great work of Germanic literature, mingles the legends of Scandinavia with the experience in England of Angles and Saxons | |
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| c. 800 |
| | | The Jews prosper in the Muslim and Carolingian empires, forming strong communities in Spain and in Germany | |
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| 805 |
| | | Pope Leo III consecrates Charlemagne's new palace chapel in Aachen, modelled on San Vitale in Ravenna | |
|  | Aachen Cathedral, Rotunda and Ambulatory
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| 843 |
| | | The central Frankish kingdom, Francia Media, becomes one of the great fault lines of European history | |
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| 919 |
| | | Henry I is elected king of the east Frankish kingdom, consisting of four great feudal duchies - Bavaria, Swabia, Saxony and Franconia | |
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| c. 1000 |
| | | A Muslim dynasty is established at Gao, on the Niger | |
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| 1024 |
| | | Conrad II is elected as the German king, begining the dynasty variously known as Franconian or Salian | |
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| c. 1050 |
| | | Ife emerges as a powerful kingdom in the equatorial forest of the lower Niger | |
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| 1096 |
| | | Peter the Hermit, an old monk on a donkey, leads the largest of the popular groups from Germany on the first crusade | |
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