What happened to change people’s old views and lead them to believe in continental drift.?

A man named Alfred Wegener proposed that all the continents were one, giant continent which he called Pangaea. He backed up this idea with evidence from other fossil remains. Fossils from animals native to a certain country were appearing on other countries from much further away.

The investiture controversy began as a power struggle between pope gregory vii (1072–85) and henry iv, holy roman emperor (1056–1106).[2] a brief but significant struggle over investiture also occurred between henry i of england and pope paschal ii in the years 1103 to 1107, and the issue played a minor role in the struggles between church and state in france, as well.by undercutting the imperial power established by the salian emperors, the controversy led to nearly 50 years of civil war in germany, and the triumph of the great dukes and abbots. imperial power was finally re-established under the hohenstaufen dynasty. historian norman cantor:

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