<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishUfalme huo uligawanywa kati ya warithi wake na kugawanywa hatua kwa hatua na ushindani wa nasaba ya Merovingian ambayo ilipigana kwa nguvu kwa miaka 300 iliyofuata.  <response>: The realm was divided up among his heirs and progressively fragmented by the rivalries of the Merovingian dynasty that battled for power over the next 300 years. 