The Middle Ages

The Middle Ages

1. period of history

2. early middle ages

3. high middle ages

4. late middle ages

5. An era of invasions

   • germanic people
   • slavs and mgyars
   • norsmen or vikings
     • for the north and muslims for the south
   • landowning nobles
   • The Byzantine Empire
     • mosaics and icons
     • basilicas
     • Justinian the Great.
     • Byzantine art
     • landowning nobles
     • emperor
     • The Carolingian Empire
       • Charlemagne
       • emperor
       • counties, marches and duchies.
       • copies of ancient books
       • miniatures
       • Islam and the caliphate
         • Muhammad founded Islam in Arabia.
         • caliphs
         • viziers, emirs and the qadis or judges.
         • The economy was based on livestock and agriculture
         • the use of irrigation techniques
           • crops from Asia became
         • Trade developed greatly and became the main source of wealth.
         • Muslim cities
         • Society was divided into Muslims and non-Muslims
         • Muslim culture were the Arabic language
           • religion and customs
         • The holy book of Islam is the Koran
         • Decorative design is very important in Muslim art
           • They used calligraphy, arabesque or foliate ornaments and lattice work