Old Saxons

Old Saxons appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Central Europe (Europe) from c. 100 to 804 CE, a span of 704 years. Its people spoke Germanic languages (Gothic, Frankish, English, German, Dutch, Norse).

Pagan Germanic tribes between the Rhine and the Elbe, some of whom joined the settlement of Britain. Charlemagne subdued and forcibly converted them in wars from 772 to 804.

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Facts

Dates

c. 100 to 804 CE

Duration

704 years

Type

People or culture

Region

Central Europe, Europe

Language family

Germanic

Became

• East Francia 843 to 962 CE

Events in Europe during its time

• 313 Edict of Milan
• 330 Constantinople dedicated
• 410 Visigoths sack Rome
• 476 End of the Western Roman Empire
• 541 Plague of Justinian
• 732 Battle of Tours
• 793 Viking raid on Lindisfarne
• 800 Charlemagne crowned emperor

Neighbours in Europe

• Republic of Venice c. 697 to 1797 CE
• Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE
• Roman Empire 27 BCE to 395 CE
• Hunnic Empire c. 370 to 469 CE
• Carolingian Empire 751 to 843 CE
• Papal States 756 to 1870 CE
• Roman Hispania 218 BCE to 472 CE
• Roman Gaul 50 BCE to 486 CE
• Kingdom of Wessex c. 519 to 927 CE
• Kingdom of Mercia c. 527 to 918 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE, Middle East
• Swahili city-states c. 800 to 1700 CE, Central and Southern Africa
• Ghana Empire (Wagadu) c. 300 to 1200 CE, North and West Africa
• Kingdom of Aksum c. 100 to 940 CE, North and West Africa
• Srivijaya c. 650 to 1377 CE, Southeast Asia
• Moche (Mochica) c. 100 to 800 CE, South America
• Teotihuacan c. 100 BCE to 550 CE, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
• Khmer Empire 802 to 1431 CE, Southeast Asia
• Tiwanaku c. 400 to 1000 CE, South America
• Abbasid Caliphate 750 to 1258 CE, Middle East

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