The Birth of Europe: Conclusion

欧洲的诞生：总结

During the period known as the early Middle Ages (500--1000), the focus of European civilization shifted from the Mediterranean to France. The conversion of Clovis to Christianity and the subsequent Frankish alliance with the papacy united the most energetic of the Germanic tribes with the greatest existing force for civilization in Western Europe. The foundation of a new Europe was established by Charlemagne, but his empire depended too much on the forceful personality of its founder and did not survive his successors.

在称为早期中世纪的时期（500年-1000年），欧洲文明的焦点从地中海转移到法国[注: 法国（La France），全称为法兰西共和国，现在是法兰西第五共和国，位于欧洲西部，与比利时、卢森堡、德国、瑞士、意大利、摩纳哥、安道尔和西班牙接壤，隔英吉利海峡与英国隔海相望

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