Timeline of Historical Events Ca. 2 million b.c.e . Earliest human ancestors Ca. 30,000 b.c.e . Old Stone Age Ca. 10,000 b.c.e. Ice Age ends Ca. 2500 b.c.e. Age of Metal Ca. 700 b.c.e. Celtic expansion across France 58–51 b.c.e . Julius Caesar conquers Gaul for Rome 150–200 France is Christianized 400–500 Barbarian invasions and kingdoms 511 Merovingian King Clovis makes Paris his capital 700–900 Rise of feudalism and serfdom 732 Muslim invasion is stopped at Poitiers and Tours 751 Carolingian dynasty is established 800–910 Viking, Muslim, and Magyar incursions 800 Charlemagne is crowned emperor of the West by the Pope 843 Charlemagne’s empire is divided among three sons
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