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![Saxon Wars](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/17539.jpg?v=1686726291-1686726323)
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Saxon Wars
The Saxon Wars (772-804) were a series of conflicts between the Franks under Charlemagne, who sought to conquer Saxony and convert the populace to Christianity, and the Saxons who resisted. The conflict lasted over 30 years through 18 campaigns...
![Walpurgis Night](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/12145.jpg?v=1704551950)
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Walpurgis Night
Walpurgis Night (30 April, annually) is a modern-day European and Scandinavian festival derived from the merging of the ancient pagan celebration of Beltane with the commemoration of the canonization of the Christian Saint Walpurga (l. c...
![Mythology](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/3935.jpg?v=1709180529-1434742656)
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Mythology
Myths are a part of every culture in the world and are used to explain natural phenomena, where a people came from and how their civilization developed, and why things happen as they do. At their most basic level, myths comfort by giving...
![The Saxons](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/8977.jpg?v=1721616124)
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The Saxons
The Saxons were a Germanic people of the region north of the Elbe River stretching from Holstein (in modern-day Germany) to the North Sea. The Saxons who migrated to Britain in the 5th and 6th centuries CE along with the Angles, Frisians...
![Charlemagne](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/10299.jpg?v=1717084263)
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Charlemagne
Charlemagne (Charles the Great, also known as Charles I, l. 742-814) was King of the Franks (r. 768-814), King of the Franks and Lombards (r. 774-814), and Holy Roman Emperor (r. 800-814). He is among the best-known and most influential figures...
![Abd al-Rahman I](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/9841.jpg?v=1718963051)
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Abd al-Rahman I
Abd al-Rahman was the founder of the Emirate of Cordoba and ruled as Abd al-Rahman I from 756-788 CE. As one of the lone survivors of the Umayyad Dynasty after the Abbasids defeated the Umayyad Caliphate, Abd al-Rahman bridged the Umayyad...
![Cult of the Supreme Being](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/16704.jpg?v=1670036103-1669017273)
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Cult of the Supreme Being
The Cult of the Supreme Being was a deistic cult established by Maximilien Robespierre (1758-1794) during the French Revolution (1789-1799). Its purpose was to replace Roman Catholicism as the state religion of France and to undermine the...
![Operation Gomorrah](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/18688.png?v=1712748003-1710272007)
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Operation Gomorrah
Operation Gomorrah (aka the Battle of Hamburg or Hamburg Air Offensive) was a sustained area bombing campaign of the German port of Hamburg in four night attacks by the Royal Air Force and two daytime attacks by the United States Air Force...
![Bayan I](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/3338.jpg?v=1640195750)
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Bayan I
Bayan I (reigned 562/565-602 CE) was a king of the Avars, a confederation of heterogeneous people who migrated from the region of Mongolia, north of China, in 552 CE and came in contact with the Eastern Roman Empire c. 557 CE. Bayan I is...
![Constantine V](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/7592.jpg?v=1704553507)
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Constantine V
Constantine V, also known as Constantine the Dung-named by his enemies, was emperor of the Byzantine empire from 741 to 775 CE. He enjoyed military successes in the Middle East and Balkans but his reign is chiefly remembered for his systematic...