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Which event marked the end of the Western Roman Empire's influence over Western Europe?

  • Sack of Rome

  • Great Schism of 1054

  • Coronation of Charlemagne

  • Fall of Constantinople

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The Great Schism of 1054 marked the end of the Western Roman Empire's influence over Western Europe. The schism was a religious split between the churches of Rome and Constantinople, further diminishing any authority the Eastern Roman Empire could exert in the West.
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