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Becoming Charlemagne : Europe, Baghdad, and the empires of A.D. 800

text Becoming Charlemagne : Europe, Baghdad, and the empires of A.D. 800

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In the year 800, Pope Leo III placed the crown of imperial Rome on a Germanic king named Karl. Thus, the man later hailed as Charlemagne claimed his empire and forever shaped the destiny of Europe. Transporting readers far beyond Europe to the gli... Read more
Contents
Empires -- A Rome yet to be : Aachen, A.D. 796 -- An empress of Byzantium : Constantinople, A.D. 797 -- Sowing the seeds of empire : Tours, A.D. 796-798 -- Daybreak in the city of peace : Baghdad, A.D. 797-799 -- The merchants of Ashkenaz : Franci... Read more
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xx, 284 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm.
Publisher
Ecco 2006

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 921 CHARLEMAGNE Syp in Adult Non-fiction Available

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