The Treaty of Verdun (843)
A) settled the borders between the Byzantine Empire and Charlemagne's kingdom.
B) established peace between the Vikings and the Franks.
C) divided the Carolingian Empire between the three surviving sons of Louis the Pious.
D) divided the Carolingian Empire between the three surviving sons of Charlemagne.

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The Treaty of Verdun, signed in 843, divided the Carolingian Empire among Louis the Pious's three surviving sons, not Charlemagne's directly. This division laid the groundwork for the modern states of France and Germany.