The franks became the dominant people in western europe, in part because
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a. they enjoyed the consistently strong leadership of their merovingian kings from a. d. 500 to 750.
b. the conversion of clovis to roman christianity gave them an advantage over arian christian germans.
c. they were able to revitalize city life, trade, and the general economic prosperity of the west.
d. they were the only germanic peoples able to establish a kingdom within old roman territories.