Paris, France-Paris has a latitude of about 48 degrees North and a longitude of about 2 degrees West
-France has a humid oceanic and subtropical dry summer climate -It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France. -During the later years of Charlemagne's rule, Vikings advanced along the northern and western perimeters of his kingdom -When Charlemagne died in 814. his heirs to the thrown were unable to maintain political unity and the empire began to crumble -In 843, the Treaty of Verdun divided the Carolingian Empire then Charles the Bald ruled over West Francia, roughly corresponding to the territory of modern France -Advances for vikings were allowed to escalate, and their dreaded longboats were sailing up the Loire and Seine Rivers and other inland waterways while creating havoc and spreading terror -Viking invaders in 843, murdered the Bishop of Nantes -A few years after that, Vikings burned the Church of Saint Martin at Tours |