Today we started section 4 and took some notes Many Germanic kingdoms that succeeded the Roman Empire were reunited under Charlemagne’s empire. Charlemagne spread Christian civilization throughout northern Europe, which is where some of (but not all of) us came from. This new society has roots in classical heritage of Rome beliefs of the Roman Catholic Church overrun the western half of the Roman Empire disruption of trade downfall of cities population shifts to rural areas we also finished off with page 373 1, 3-4-5