Barbarians Conquest

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After the fall of the Roman Empire, barbarian rulers divided the territory, once claimed by the Roman Emperor, into separate kingdoms. These kings proclaimed Christianity as the religion of their country. Another powerful religion was spreading across Europe: Islam. Muslims warriors, followers of Islam, conquered many of the kingdoms established by the barbarians. They began their conquest in Saudi Arabia and systematically swallowed up an area of land that stretches east into India, north toward the Caspian Sea, and west into the southern portion of Spain. The Christian rulers feared Muslim take-over, and when Muslim’s blocked the visits of Christians into Jerusalem, they became angry.

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