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Danube

Tours

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SPANISH MARCH

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Carolingian Empire

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BAVARIA

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Ravenna

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Rome Monte Cassino

Core of Charlemagne's Empire

Charlemagne's campaigns and dates

Map 4.1 The Carolingian Empire, c. 800 Historians often describe Charlemagne's empire as "the first Europe," and this map shows why. Charlemagne's power did not extend very far into Spain nor did it reach into the British Isles. But it encompassed much of modern-day Italy, Austria, and Germany and all of modern-day France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Switzerland.

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