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Agriculture and the Economy
 * Expanded trade routes in to areas around the Baltic Sea and the North Sea.
 * Created a monetary system which standardized weights and measurements.
 * Protected merchants from excessive tolls and robberies.
 * Ended the economic depression in Western Europe.
 * The weak were protected from exploitation and injustice.
 * Started manorialism.
 * Played a big role in the creation of the seigniorial system.
 * The lack of gold in France caused Charlemagne to change the currency from gold solidus to silver pounds.
 * Created a system to help the poor.
 * Made mendicancy a crime.

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