WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Frank, member of a Germanic-speaking people who invaded the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century. Dominating present-day northern France, Belgium, and western Germany, the Franks established the most powerful Christian kingdom of early medieval western Europe. The name France (Francia ) is derived from their name.

Detailed explanation-2: -The name of France directly continues Latin Francia, originally applied to the entire Frankish Empire. Under the reign of the Franks’ Kings Clovis I, Charles Martel, Pepin the Short, and Charlemagne, the country was known as Kingdom of Franks or Francia.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Franks were a Germanic people who bestowed the name “FRANCE” on Gaul (Roman Province). Gaul was endowed with two lengthy coastlines, mountain ranges, long rivers, forests, and vast agricultural plains. This kingdom was Christian and ruled by Frankish/French kings.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Franks were a Germanic people who originated along the lower Rhine River. They moved into Gaul during the Migration Age, where they established one of the largest and most powerful kingdoms in Europe after the fall of the Western Roman Empire.

Detailed explanation-5: -Tacitus relates that according to their ancient songs the Germans were descended from the three sons of Mannus, the son of the god Tuisto, the son of Earth. Hence they were divided into three groups-the Ingaevones, the Herminones, and the Istaevones-but the basis for this grouping is unknown.