A picture of a white war elephant from 11th century Spain

Abul-Abbas was an Asian elephant given to Emperor Charlemagne by the caliph of Baghdad, Harun al-Rashid, in 798. A war elephant is an Elephant trained and guided by humans for combat Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Elephants ( family: Elephantidae) are large land Mammals of the order Proboscidea. Charlemagne (ˈʃɑrlɨmeɪn Carolus Magnus or Karolus Magnus meaning Charles the Great) (747 – 28 January 814 was King of the Franks from 768 to his The Caliph is the Head of state in a Caliphate, and the title for the leader of the Islamic Ummah, an Islamic community ruled by the Shari'ah Baghdad (بغداد) is the Capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate, with which it is also coterminous Hārūn al-Rashīd (and Persian: هارون الرشيد) also spelled Harun ar-Rashid; English: Aaron the Upright, Aaron the

Abul-Abbas's journey from the Abbasid empire to Europe started with a crossing of the Mediterranean Sea by ship, which landed at Portovenere in October 801. La Spezia |istat = 011022--> Portovenere (sometimes in English Porto Venere) is a town and The elephant and his mahout, a Jewish North African named Isaac, spent the winter in Vercelli, and in the spring they started the march over the Alps to the Emperor's residence in Aachen, arriving on July 1, 802. A mahout is a person who drives an Elephant. The word mahout comes from the Hindi words mahaut and mahavat, derivatives of the Sanskrit PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ North Africa or Northern Africa is the Northernmost Region of the African Continent, separated by the Sahara from Sub-Saharan Vercelli ( Varséj in Piedmontese) is a City of about 50000 inhabitants in the Province of Vercelli in Piedmont in northern ( Ripuarian: Oche, Dutch: Aken, Spanish: Aquisgrán, Italian: Aquisgrana, French, "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. This article is about the year 802 For other uses see IEEE 802 networking standard Abul-Abbas was exhibited on various occasions when the court was assembled, and was eventually housed in Augsburg in what is now southern Bavaria. Augsburg is an independent City in the south-west of Bavaria. Bavaria ( German:, with an area of 70553 Km² (27241 square miles and almost 12

In 804 the Danish king Godfred attacked a trading village near Denmark and moved the people by force to his newly-built trading village in Hedeby; his goal was to secure Denmark's part of the trade in the northern countries. King Godfred (ruled 804 - 810 was a Danish Viking king the younger son of King Sigfred. The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe Hedeby (ˡheðəby Old Norse Heiðabýr, of heiðr = heathland and býr = yard thus "heath yard" sometimes known Charlemagne mobilized his troops against the Danes, and sent for his elephant to join in the mighty battle. In 810, when he was in his forties, Abul-Abbas died of pneumonia, probably after swimming in the Rhine. Pneumonia is an inflammatory illness of the Lung. Frequently it is described as lung Parenchyma / alveolar inflammation and abnormal The Rhine (Rhein Rijn Rhin Reno Rain Rhenus is one of the longest and most important Rivers in Europe at 1320 kilometres (820 mi with an average discharge

See also

• History of elephants in Europe
• List of historical elephants
• War elephant