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In this unit i learned about mostly Islams and there culture. The Islamic world was growing larger and more powerful, armies conquered large parts of the Middle East. This united them under the rule of a single caliph.Under the caliphs, great cities such as Cairo, Baghdad and Damascus fostered a intellectual life. Most of the Islamic religion has been translated even tho all translations differ due to language difference. we also learned about the Crusades and there destruction. The crusades where during 11th century, the Catholic Church began to authorize military expeditions, that where called the crusades. The mission of the crusades was to to expel Muslim “infidels” from the Holy Land. the crusades wore red crosses on their coats to advertise their status, believed that their service would guarantee the remission of their sins and ensure that they could spend all eternity in Heaven, they also where paid large amounts of fortune. The crusades lasted from 1095 to the 15th century, There was no definite winner of the massive war both sides lost many many lives. being so close to each other gave the two cultures to share some of the culture, realign, and art. The art most common in the middle ages was cathedrals, they where the biggest buildings in town and they where also the center of the town. After the cathedrals there was a new style of building called a Gothic, they had stained glass arches and vaults. Often times books where copied in these massive buildings, and sense the printing press wasn't around yet they had to copy them by hand.
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http://www.history.com/topics/middle-ages
Summary
This website goes over all the midle ages from the birth of Idea to the ecinamical society of the midle ages.it coves the islams, and there army. It covers the crusades and how they came to be from the cathlic church. The art and culure wasnt shared and the Islams and Crusades shared no culture thus the battle.
Summary
This website goes over all the midle ages from the birth of Idea to the ecinamical society of the midle ages.it coves the islams, and there army. It covers the crusades and how they came to be from the cathlic church. The art and culure wasnt shared and the Islams and Crusades shared no culture thus the battle.