The DARK AGES
Islamic World
Made cultural developments
Comercial
Mathematical
Medicinal
Scientific
They expanded their power west to Spain getting in contact with Europe.
The Abbasids took over
They developed culture and took important concepts from Greeks, Romans, India
They tried to prevent Arabs from fraternizing with Non-Arabs Muslims
This made Non-Arabs angry and they dethroned the Umayyads
The Umayyad Dinasty moved the capital to Damascus
Topic principal
Feudalism
Social system
No possible mobility
Economical system
Peasants work the land
Give the rest to the Lord they work for
Keep part of the production
Political system based on Reciprocal Relationships
Vassls
Peasants
Worked the lands in exchange for protection
Knights
Protected the lords and lands
The KING
Other Lords
How Dark were they?
Life expectancy
Better than before and after (not counting The Plague)
Knowledge development
Mainly outside Europe
Religion
The Crusades
Theologian: Thomas Aquinas
Catholism was the center and reached for the power as well
Art
It developed its own forms of expression
Culture
Superstition and religious debates
Poetry lacking innovations
Oral tales flooded the continent
It´s an European denomination
Obviesly made by those who lived after and thought their time was better
It´s pejorative, demeaning and insultive for those who lived during those years
It´s based on the alleged "UNenlightenment"
Medieval Times
Mostly centered in european lands
It´s a period between two other important periods
The Modern Age (from 1492 A.C. to 1789 A.C.)
The Ancient Era (from 4000 B.C. to 476 A.C.)
From 476 A.C to 1492 A.C.
