The
Frankish
king
Charlemagne
carried
out
numerous
conquests
and
in
____________________
A
.
D
.
he
became
____________________
.
The
____________________
Empire
did
not
last
long
,
but
it
was
the
only
time
during
the
____________________
Ages
that
the
whole
of
____________________
Europe
was
____________________
.
The
equivalent
of
the
____________________
____________________
in
the
Kingdom
of
the
Franks
was
called
the
____________________
of
the
____________________
.
This
position
became
more
influential
and
____________________
A
.
D
.
the
major
-
domo
____________________
I
the
Younger
deposed
the
King
of
the
Franks
and
occupied
the
____________________
,
the
____________________
dynasty
.
____________________
,
who
came
to
the
throne
when
his
father
died
in
____________________
A
.
D
.
,
continued
to
expand
his
domains
and
in
800
A
.
D
.
he
was
crowned
emperor
in
____________________
by
Pope
____________________
III
.
He
received
the
title
of
____________________
(
the
Great
)
and
he
was
known
as
____________________
.
He
dream
was
to
rebuild
the
Western
____________________
Empire
.
The
border
provinces
were
divided
into
marches
and
governed
by
a
marquis
.
When
Charlemagne
died
in
____________________
A
.
D
.
,
his
son
Louis
the
Pious
succeeded
him
.
In
843
A
.
D
.
the
Carolingian
Empire
was
divided
into
various
political
units
as
a
result
of
the
Treaty
of
Verdun
.