HISTORY
MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN EUROPE
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Charlemange
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King Arthur
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Joan of Arc
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Charlemagne, also called Charles I, byname Charles the Great, (born April 2, 747?-died January 28, 814, Aachen, Austrasia [now in Germany]), king of the Franks (768–814), king of the Lombards (774–814), and first emperor (800–814) of the Romans and of what was later called the Holy Roman Empire.
Detailed explanation-2: -Chandragupta Maurya ruled his empire by instituting a highly centralized government. He was able to use his massive army of 700, 000 soldiers to expand the empire. However he was also able to consolidate power. For example, he was able to use a system of spies in order to protect the empire against treason of any kind.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Mauryan empire had 3 main kings – Chandragupta Maurya, Bindusara, and Ashoka.
Detailed explanation-4: -Chandragupta entered the capital of the Magadha kingdom, Pataliputra, where he triggered a civil war using Kautilya Chanakya’s intelligence network. In 322 BCE he finally seized the throne putting an end to the Nanda dynasty, and he established the Mauryan Dynasty which would rule India until 185 BCE.