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The Middle Ages 王肖临  What is“ the Middle ages”? In European history, the Middle Ages, or Medieval period, lasted from the 5th to the 1 5th century. It began with the collapse of the Western Roman Empire and merged into the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery. The Middle Ages is the middle period of the three traditional divisions of Western history: Antiquity Medieval period, and Modern period. The Medieval period is itself subdivided into the Early the High and the late middle ages  1. Merovingian Dynasty 2. Carolingian Dynasty 3. England: the House of normandy 4. The Kingdom of france 5. Ottonian Dynasty 6. Holy Roman Empire 7. Kingdom of Hungary 8. Kingdom of poland  HUNS PERSIAN EMPIRE EASTERN Maps of approximate political boundaries in Europe around 450 A D  The beginning: the collapse of the Western Roman Empire By convention, the Western Roman Empire is deemed to have ended on 4 September 476, when odoacer deposed romulus Augustulus but the historical record calls this determination into question Julius Nepos still claimed to be Emperor of the West, and ruled a rump state in Dalmatia. He was recognized as such by Eastern Roman peror Zeno an Syagrius, who had Roman sovereignty in an exclave in northern Gaul, known today as the Domain of soissons Odoacer proclaimed himself ruler of Italy and began to negotiate with Zeno. Zeno eventually granted odoacer patrician status as recognition of his authority and accepted him as his own viceroy of Italy. Zeno, however, insisted that odoacer had to pay homage to Julius Nepos as the Emperor of the Western Empire. Odoacer accepted this condition and issued coins in the name of julius nepos throughout Italy. This, however, was mainly an empty political gesture, as odoacer never returned any real power or territories to Julius Nepos. The murder of Jr epos in 480 prompted Odoacer to invade Dalmatia, annexing it to his Kingdom of italy.  Near East, 477 AD Finnish Tribes Ugri