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The collapse of the Frankish Empire, in terms of time, conspired with a new conqueror appearance in Europe. In the 8th century was started, but in the 9th and 10th centuries, the Viking Age reached its culmination. Vikings of the Norse origin traveled not only along the coasts of the British Isles, France, German and other coastlines, but also deeper inland, through the rivers. They brought misery and (infused/imbued)? horror in Western Europeans. At that time, yet more horror were/ was caused by new steppic nomadic nations – Hungarian or Magyar coming in Central Europe at the end of the 9th century. Their vicious and destructive forays affected Germany, France, Italy, Byzantium and The Slavic lands. Numerous Europeans thought that the legendary

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