Early Middle Ages

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historical period subdivision of the Middle Ages

The Early Middle Ages was a formative period in European and Near Eastern history, roughly spanning the 5th to 10th centuries, marked by the transformation of the Roman world, the spread of Christianity and Islam, and the development of distinct medieval cultures and institutions.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Early Middle Ages canonical	186
Migration Period	14
early Middle Ages	7
Carolingian period	1
Early Medieval period	1
Early medieval Scotland	1
Merovingian period	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical period ⓘ subdivision of the Middle Ages ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Dark Ages ⓘ Early Medieval period ⓘ
characterizedBy	Arab–Byzantine wars ⓘ Carolingian Renaissance ⓘ Slavic migrations ⓘ Viking raids and settlements ⓘ codification of Germanic law codes ⓘ continuity of the Eastern Roman Empire ⓘ decline of long-distance trade in Western Europe ⓘ development of Latin Christendom ⓘ development of feudal structures ⓘ formation of Germanic kingdoms ⓘ formation of early medieval kingdoms ⓘ fragmentation of political authority in Western Europe ⓘ fusion of Roman, Christian, and Germanic traditions ⓘ iconoclast controversy in Byzantium ⓘ missionary activity ⓘ monastic expansion ⓘ rise and spread of Islam ⓘ rise of the papacy ⓘ ruralization of the economy in Western Europe ⓘ spread of Christianity ⓘ transformation of the Western Roman Empire ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
endTime	10th century ⓘ
follows	Late Antiquity ⓘ
hasPart	Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ surface form: Abbasid Caliphate era Carolingian period ⓘ Merovingian period ⓘ Late Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Migration Period Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ surface form: Umayyad Caliphate era Viking Age ⓘ
notableEvent	Battle of Tours ⓘ surface form: Battle of Tours in 732 Council of Chalcedon aftermath and schisms ⓘ Hijrah of Prophet Muhammad ⓘ surface form: Hijra of Muhammad in 622 Treaty of Verdun ⓘ surface form: Treaty of Verdun in 843 imperial coronation of Charlemagne in 800 ⓘ surface form: coronation of Charlemagne as Emperor in 800
precedes	High Middle Ages ⓘ
region	Byzantine Empire ⓘ Eastern Europe ⓘ Middle East ⓘ surface form: Near East North Africa ⓘ Western Europe ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ Germanic paganism ⓘ Islam ⓘ Slavic paganism ⓘ
startTime	5th century ⓘ
usedCalendar	Julian calendar ⓘ

Referenced by (211)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Syriac Rite → hasHistoricalPeriod → Early Middle Ages ⓘ

Old Dutch → era → Early Middle Ages ⓘ

Carolingian Renaissance → follows → Early Middle Ages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Merovingian period

High Middle Ages → follows → Early Middle Ages ⓘ

Council of Orange (529) → historicalPeriod → Early Middle Ages ⓘ

Lombardic → era → Early Middle Ages ⓘ

Ludwigslied → historicalContext → Early Middle Ages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Carolingian period

House of Wessex → historicalEra → Early Middle Ages ⓘ

Rule of Saint Benedict → timePeriod → Early Middle Ages ⓘ

Germanic peoples → migratedDuring → Early Middle Ages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Migration Period

Czechs → ethnogenesisPeriod → Early Middle Ages ⓘ

Kenneth MacAlpin → partOf → Early Middle Ages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Early medieval Scotland

Picts (early period) → timePeriod → Early Middle Ages ⓘ

Mercia → historicalEra → Early Middle Ages ⓘ

House of Alpin → timePeriod → Early Middle Ages ⓘ

Northumbria → historicalEra → Early Middle Ages ⓘ

Asomtavruli → timePeriod → Early Middle Ages ⓘ

this entity surface form: early Middle Ages

Slavs → migratedDuring → Early Middle Ages ⓘ

Pope Boniface IV → era → Early Middle Ages ⓘ

Kingdom of the Lombards → partOf → Early Middle Ages ⓘ

Rex Italiae → historicalPeriod → Early Middle Ages ⓘ

Visigothic–Roman conflicts → relatedTo → Early Middle Ages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Migration Period

First siege of Rome by Alaric (408) → relatedTo → Early Middle Ages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Migration Period

Quadi → affectedBy → Early Middle Ages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Migration Period

Battle of Tours → historicalPeriod → Early Middle Ages ⓘ

Carolingian Empire → historicalPeriod → Early Middle Ages ⓘ

Gregory the Great → era → Early Middle Ages ⓘ

Venerable Bede → era → Early Middle Ages ⓘ

East Slavs → historicalPeriod → Early Middle Ages ⓘ

South Slavs → historicalPeriodOfFormation → Early Middle Ages ⓘ

Emperor Louis the Pious → era → Early Middle Ages ⓘ

subject surface form: Louis the Pious

Old Frankish → timePeriod → Early Middle Ages ⓘ

this entity surface form: early Middle Ages

Kingdom of Odoacer → historicalPeriod → Early Middle Ages ⓘ

Battle of Adrianople in 378 → relatedTo → Early Middle Ages ⓘ

subject surface form: Battle of Adrianople (378)

this entity surface form: Migration Period

Ostrogothic Kingdom → partOf → Early Middle Ages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Migration Period

Ostrogothic Kingdom → partOf → Early Middle Ages ⓘ

Proto-Norse → era → Early Middle Ages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Migration Period

Igor of Kiev → historicalPeriod → Early Middle Ages ⓘ

Germanic Iron Age → followedBy → Early Middle Ages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Migration Period

Germanic Iron Age → hasPart → Early Middle Ages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Migration Period

imperial coronation of Charlemagne in 800 → chronologicallyLocatedIn → Early Middle Ages ⓘ

Old Norse phonology → hasTimePeriod → Early Middle Ages ⓘ

this entity surface form: early Middle Ages

Paul the Deacon → era → Early Middle Ages ⓘ

Ambrosian chant → historicalPeriod → Early Middle Ages ⓘ

Cyrus of Alexandria → era → Early Middle Ages ⓘ

Heraclian dynasty → partOf → Early Middle Ages ⓘ

Augustine of Canterbury → historicalPeriod → Early Middle Ages ⓘ

Heraclius → era → Early Middle Ages ⓘ

Saint Giles → era → Early Middle Ages ⓘ

Low Franconian languages → linguisticOriginPeriod → Early Middle Ages ⓘ