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    The siege of Avignon was contested in 737. Frankish forces led by Charles Martel defeated the Umayyad garrison of Avignon and destroyed the stronghold...
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  • civil war Siege of Avignon (583), during the revolt of Gundoald Siege of Avignon (737), during the Umayyad invasion of Gaul Siege of Avignon (1226), during...
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    Avignonnais, a French association football team Siege of Avignon (737) Councils of Avignon, councils of the Roman Catholic Church Provençal tradition says...
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  • The siege of Narbonne was fought in 737 between the Arab and Berber Muslim forces of Yusuf ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Fihri, Arab Umayyad Muslim governor of Septimania...
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  • Gaul Siege of Avignon (737) – Umayyad invasion of Gaul Siege of Narbonne (737) – Umayyad invasion of Gaul Siege of Nîmes (737) – Umayyad invasion of Gaul...
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    al-Rahman ibn Abd Allah al-Ghafiqi. Following his success at the siege of Avignon in 737, Charles Martel besieged Narbonne but his forces were unable to...
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    The following is a history of Avignon, France. The site of Avignon has been occupied since the Neolithic period as shown by excavations at Rocher des...
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    Year 737 (DCCXXXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 737 for this...
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  • invasion of Gaul Battle of Tours – 732 – Umayyad invasion of Gaul Siege of Avignon (737) – 737 – Umayyad invasion of Gaul Siege of Narbonne (737) – 737 – Umayyad...
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    the siege. 508 - Wandill, a lieutenant of Theoderic the Great, king of the Ostrogoths, makes Avignon his headquarters. 581 - Mummolus in Avignon resisted...
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  • sense of obligation to free formerly Christian lands from Islamic rule that Charles Martel launched a raid into western Provence in 737. He took Avignon, but...
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  • suppresses al-Harith's rebellion. 737: The Muslims meet a reverse at Avignon in France. 737: Marwan ibn Muhammad (later Caliph Marwan II) poured across the...
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  • The siege of Nîmes took place shortly after the capture and destruction of Avignon in 736. Charles Martel failed to capture the Umayyad city of Narbonne...
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    the valley of the Rhône and laid siege to Avignon. The city held out for three months but was finally forced by hunger to surrender. Avignon was forced...
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    Provence (redirect from Cuisine of Provence)
    expansionist ambitions. In 737, Charles Martel headed down the Rhône Valley after subduing Burgundy. He attacked Avignon and Arles, garrisoned by the...
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    sense of obligation to free formerly Christian lands from Islamic rule that Charles Martel launched a raid into western Provence in 737. He took Avignon, but...
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  • list of the battles involving the Franks, Francia and West Francia until 987. For later conflicts, see List of battles involving the Kingdom of France...
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    garrisons at the Siege of Avignon and the Siege of Nîmes. The army attempting to relieve Narbonne met Charles in open battle at the Battle of the River Berre...
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    transference of the Holy See to Avignon in 1309. When the Pope returned to Rome in 1377, this led to the election of different popes in Avignon and Rome,...
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  • Lists of battles Before 301 301–1300 1301–1600 1601–1800 1801–1900 1901–2000 2001–current Naval Sieges See also This is a List of battles from 301 A.D...
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    destroys a Moorish garrison at the Siege of Avignon. Following the destruction of Avignon, Martel fails in the first Siege of Narbonne. After his failure at...
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    and silver that their prices as far away as Paris and Avignon fell by one sixth. With the bulk of the Marinid forces retreating to North Africa, Alfonso...
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    defeat at Tours, Muslim forces continued to occupy parts of Gaul, capturing cities like Avignon, Lyon, and Autun. However, their control was short-lived...
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  • as the fate of the establishment after dissolution, and the current status of the site. Formal name or dedication is the formal name of the establishment...
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  • Charles Martel directed his attention to Narbonne. 737: Charles Martel destroyed Arles, Avignon, and Nîmes, but unsuccessfully attacked Narbonne, which...
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    (Southern Mexico). Battle of Avignon: Frankish forces under Charles Martel, Merovingian Mayor of the Palace, retake Avignon from the Muslim forces, and...
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    Avignon. It rapidly spread to France and Spain and, by 1349, was in England. In 1350, it was afflicting Eastern Europe and had reached the centre of Russia...
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    Air New Zealand, Polynesian Airlines and UTA were all operating Boeing 737-200 service to Papeete from several South Pacific island locations including...
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    Black Death (category History of medieval medicine)
    first introduced to Europe during the siege of the Genoese trading port of Kaffa in Crimea by the Golden Horde army of Jani Beg in 1347. From Crimea, it was...
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    Friedrich III. von Saarwerden (category Archbishops of Cologne)
    Frederick von Saarwerden was elected archbishop of Cologne at the age of 20, which the Pope in Avignon also confirmed two years later after some misgivings...
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