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The Early Middle Ages
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BCEmperor Augustus
Birth of JesusBirth of Islam
Fall of the Western Roman Empire
Theodosius divided the Roman Empire
Visigothic kingdom of Tolouse
Visigothic kingdom of Toledo
Roman coliseum
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Timeline
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Timeline: Antiquity and Early Middle Ages
A N T I Q U I T Y EARLY MIDDLE AGES
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Germanic kingdoms
Germanic kingdoms in the 6th century
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The Visigoths
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Visigothic architecture
San Juan de Baños, Palencia
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The Byzantine Empire
Timeline of the Byzantine Empire
Fall of the Western Roman Empire
Emperor Justinian
Separation between the Roman Catholic Church and the Byzantine Orthodox Church
Fall of Constantinople
Evangelization of peoples of Eastern Europe
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Map of the Byzantine Empire
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The Byzantine Empire
The Byzantine Empire
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Justinian
Empress Theodora and her retinue. Mosaic in San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy
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Byzantine culture
Constantinople
hippodromeImperial Palace Hagia Sophia
forum
wallslighthouse
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Muhammad, the founder of Islam
Muhammad
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Islamic religion
Reconstruction of a mosque
courtyard with an ablutions fountain
mimbar
prayer hall
The inside of a prayer hall
mihrab
quibla
alminar
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What is the Kaaba?
A mihrab, a niche indicating the direction of Mecca
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Islamic religion
The Kaaba, a cube-shaped stone structure in Mecca
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The expansion of Islam
The expansion of Islam in the Middle Ages SEE ISLAM TODAY
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The expansion of Islam
Islam today
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Islamic civilization
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The Carolingian Empire
The Carolingian Empire
See a Carolingian village
Reconstruction of a Carolingian
village - 8th -10th century
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Charlemagne
mantle
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Charlemagne
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tribunalmain courtyard
Palatine Chapel
imperial bathsbutlers’ residence
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emperor’s residence
arcaded courtyard
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The Palatine Palace, Aachen, Germany
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