Honestly, I never paid much attention to old maps or empires crumbling apart. Just popped into my feed while scrolling late last night. Saw “Carolingian Empire Split 843” and thought, “Wait, that’s when Charlemagne’s grandsons broke his whole kingdom into pieces, right?” Had this fuzzy image in my head – France, Germany, Italy kinda starting there? Felt like knowing the actual borders... https://fairytales.cc/best-maps-resourcemap-understand-carolingian-empire-treaty-verdun-843-division/