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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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