T<span>he western conquests </span>began<span> in 533.</span><span>
Byzantium continued on for nearly a millennium until Constantinople itself fell in a siege carried out by the Ottoman Empire in 1453.</span>
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To outline the role of individual citizins in the government
<span>Charles Martel </span><span>reunited the franks to fend off Muslim invaders that were attacking from Spain. This was brief however as the real major reunification occurred later during the reign of his grandson, Charlemagne. </span>