During the 9th century peak of the Viking expansion, large fleets set out to attack the degrading Frankish empire by attacking up navigable rivers such as the Seine.

During the Viking age their expeditions, frequently combined raiding and trading, penetrated most of the old Frankish empire, the British Isles, The Baltic, Russia and both Muslim and Christian Iberia.

During Childeric's siege and blockade of Paris in 464, the nun Geneviève ( later canonised as the city's Patron Saint ) pleaded with the Frankish King for the welfare of prisoners of war and met with a favourable response.

During the reign of Khan Omurtag ( 814-831 ), the northwestern boundaries with the Frankish Empire were firmly settled along the middle Danube.

During this chaotic period, Provence was ruled by Frankish kings of Merovingian dynasty, then Carolingian Kings, descended from Charles Martel ; and then was part of the empire of Charlemagne ( 742 – 814 ).

During the return journey in 856 he married Judith, a Frankish princess and a great-granddaughter of Charlemagne.

During most of the Early Middle Ages, the town of Poitiers took advantage of its defensive site and of its location, which was far from the centre of Frankish power.

During this time, Nicosia was the capital of the medieval Kingdom of Cyprus, the seat of Lusignan kings, the Latin Church and the Frankish administration of the island.

During the Frankish rule, the walls of the city were built along with many other palaces and buildings, including the gothic Saint Sofia Cathedral.

During the early Middle Ages the region was part of the Frankish Empire, which was divided into several pagi.

During the Visigothic period ( fifth to eighth centuries ), Pamplona alternated between self-rule, Visigoth domination or Frankish suzerainty in the Duchy of Vasconia ( Councils of Toledo unattended by several Pamplonese bishops between 589 and 684 ).

During the demonstration, Egyptian troops hidden in the bushes ambushed a returning Frankish force which had been in Galilee.

During the 8th century Bourges lay on the northern fringes of the Duchy of Aquitaine and was therefore the first town to come under Frankish attacks when they crossed the Loire.

During the 8th and 9th centuries, Vic sat in the Spanish Marches that separated Frankish and Islamic forces.

During the 6th century Bavaria and Alamannia became stem duchies of the Frankish Kingdom.

During the following centuries, the region was ruled by Frankish Empire, Bulgarian Empire, Byzantine Empire and Kingdom of Hungary.

During their reigns, the Thuringii ( 532 ), Burgundes ( 534 ), and Saxons and Frisians ( c. 560 ) were incorporated into the Frankish kingdom.

During the period of confusion in the 670s and 680s, attempts had been made to re-assert Frankish suzerainty over the Frisians, but to no avail.

During the early period Frankish law was preserved by the rachimburgs, officials trained to remember it and pass it on.

During the Frankish Carolingian Dynasty, usage of the word spread throughout Europe.

During the 3rd century, a seven-meter high defensive wall, about half of which still exists, was erected around the settlement in response to Frankish incursions.

During the Saxon Wars in the 8th century the area round the Diemel was incorprorated into the Frankish realm.

During the summer of 2006, a number of CHUM personalities were invited to guest co-host with Kevin Frankish in the search for the next permanent host.

During his residence in Aachen, he received embassies from Alfonso II of Asturias, according to the Frankish chronicles.

During this precarious period of development the mother should continue to influence the growth of the child's conscience.

During the period from 1 July 1960 through 31 January 1961, additional research affiliations were effected with the U. S. Army Medical Research and Development Command to conduct research in procedures for quantitative electron microscopy, and for the study of biophysical and biological studies of the structure and function of ocular tissue.

During this period, a total of 762 exhibits were presented at 442 medical and scientific meetings.

During the period of this report, 37,470 new cases were entered into the various registries.

During this period, 7,827 teaching sets were distributed on loan.

During the period of this report, 63 panel exhibits depicting the latest developments in medical research were displayed.

During the period, the laboratory rendered centralized macropathological service to qualified requesters.

During the period from 1 July 1960 through 31 January 1961, the Medical Museum was required to move to Temporary Building `` S '' on the Mall from Chase Hall.

During the period of about 4 hours around sunset, skywave transmission conditions are building up until full nighttime conditions prevail ; ;

During the Civil War period Mr. Brown also invented the Brown & Sharpe formed tooth gear cutter, a basic invention which ultimately revolutionized the world's gear manufacturing industry by changing its basic economics.

During this period 7,484,268 members were received, yet the net membership now is only 9,910,741.

During the period of the Iberian Union ( 1580 – 1640 ), Portugal lost influence and power and made new enemies.

During the Romantic period, art came to be seen as " a special faculty of the human mind to be classified with religion and science ".< ref >

During the same period the Georgian states of Colchis and Tabal arose around the Black Sea and central Anatolia respectively.

During this same period, slave-holding border states had more free African-Americans and European immigrants than the lower South, which increased Southern fears that slavery was threatened with rapid extinction in this area.

During this period he published 18 plays and 3 novels, including the murder mystery The Red House Mystery ( 1922 ).

During this period winter sports were slowly introduced: in 1882 the first figure skating championship was held in St. Moritz, and downhill skiing became a trendy sport with English visitors early in the 20th century, as the first ski-lift was installed in 1908 above Grindelwald.

During the post-World War I period ski-lifts were built in Swiss and Austrian towns to accommodate winter visitors, but summer tourism continued to be important ; by the mid-20th century the popularity of downhill skiing increased greatly as it became more accessible and in the 1970s several new villages were built in France devoted almost exclusively to skiing, such a Les Menuires.

During the first 11 months of 2006, net imports grew by 21 percent to $ 1. 95 billion, while exports stood at $ 895 million, up 0. 3 percent from the same period in 2005.

During the first 11 months of 2006, the European Union remained Armenia's largest trading partner, accounting for 34. 4 percent of its $ 2. 85 billion commercial exchange during the 11-month period.

During January – February 2007, Armenia ’ s trade with Russia and other former Soviet republics was $ 205. 6 million ( double the amount from the same period the previous year ), making them the country ’ s number one trading partner.

During this period, spectator attendances dropped and media condemnation increased, but Simpson and Lawry flatly disregarded the public dissatisfaction.

During the Tokugawa period ( 1600 – 1868 ) the Ainu became increasingly involved in trade with Japanese who controlled the southern portion of the island that is now called Hokkaido.

During this period Agamemnon and his brother, Menelaus, took refuge with Tyndareus, King of Sparta.

During the Akkadian period, the Akkadian language became the lingua franca of the Middle East, and was officially used for administration, although the Sumerian language remained as a spoken and literary language.