In the eighth century, Frankish leader Charles Martel stopped the advance of Muslims from Spain into France, thus, impacting the Christian Europe's relations with Muslim Spain as well as impacting the Islamic expansion.
Great rivers change course over the seasons and the years, making it difficult to determine which measurement comprises its accurate length. As the crow flies, it is about 2,400 miles from the Nile's source to its outlet (the meandering Amazon covers a mere 1,100 miles of straight-line distance)
<span>This English victory allowed England to gain control of the North Atlantic sea-lanes, which showed England’s naval dominance. It also inspired nationalism, which motivated the people to create more colonies in the New World. This gave England more confidence and helped with expansion.</span>