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In the 490's CE, the Frankish King Clovis I, founder of the Merovingian dynasty, united what is now this country.
What is France?
In 496, King Clovis won the Battle of Tolbiac and was baptized into this religion, along with a large number of his Frankish followers.
What is Christianity?
In this century, African and Indonesian settlers reached this island in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of Africa.
What is Madagascar?
In 420, the Jin dynasty came to an end, leading to a period of split Northern and Southern dynasties in this country.
What is China?
The earliest known mention of this number comes from the Bakhshali manuscript, written in India in this century.
What is zero?
According to legend, this mythical British king fought off the Saxons at the Battle of Mount Badon, circa 490 CE.
Who is King Arthur?
In the 5th century, this religion reached Burma and Indonesia. In Burma it is still the most common religion.
What is Buddhism?
In the winter of 406, waves of Suebi, Alans, and Vandals crossed the frozen river Rhine and brought about the collapse of this empire's eastern front.
What is the Roman Empire?
In 439 CE, the Vandals conquered this old rival of Rome, a Phoenician colony in what is now Tunisia.
What is Carthage?
Chaturang was invented in India. It is the precursor of this modern board game.
What is chess?
In 452 CE, Pope Leo I mets in person with Attila the Hun to convince him not to sack this city.
What is Rome?
In 451 CE the Council of Chalcedon (the fourth ecumenical council) declared this individual to be one divine person in two natures.
Who is Jesus?
At some point after 440 CE, these Germanic groups settled in Britain, giving rise to Old English.
Who are the Anglo-Saxons?
In 407, the Roman army withdrew from this farthest-flung province in order to defend Arelate (Arles) in Gau (France).
What is Britain?
Chinese farmers invented a collar for this type of animal to help them better pull plows. (Hint: China invented a different piece of equipment for this animal last century.)
What are horses?
In 451 CE, the Romans teamed up with the Visigoths to fight off this group, led by Attila, at the Battle of Chalons.
Who are the Huns?
In 431, the First Council of Ephesus (the third ecumenical council) upheld the title Theotokos (god-bearer) for this individual.
Who is Mary?
In 455, the city of Chichen Itza was founded in what is now this country.
What is Mexico?
In 430 CE, the Ilopango volcano erupted, devastating the cities of this civilization in present-day El Salvador.
Who are the Maya?
A "heavy" version of this farm implement was invented in Slavic regions in this period. It allowed farmers to dig deeper furrows so they could plant a wider variety of crops more efficiently.
What is the plow?
In 455, this group sacked the city of Rome. Their name has become a generic term for someone who damages or destroys someone else's property.
Who are the Vandals?
Not to be confused with the Archbishop of Canterbury who had the same name, this Bishop of Hippo began writing The City of God circa 413 CE.
Who is St. Augustine?
In 482 this capital of Ukraine was established.
What is Kiev?
This is the approximate year that the Germanic warload Odoacer depose Romulus Augustulus, the last Western Roman Emperor?
What is 476 CE?
This is the earliest alphabet known to be used in the British Isles. It was introduced in the 5th century CE.
What are runes?