Middle Ages
A thousand years separate the fall of Rome from Columbus's arrival in America, and for a long time they were called the "Dark Ages". They were nothing of the sort. In those centuries universities and cathedrals were invented, Aristotle was translated from Arabic into Latin, the languages we speak today were born and the borders of much of Europe and the Mediterranean were drawn.
These maps cover the Middle Ages in order. They begin with an empire transforming from within and the peoples crossing the Rhine and the Danube; they continue with Byzantium, the other half of Rome, which held out for another thousand years; and they will go on to the birth of Islam, the Carolingians, the Christian kingdoms of Iberia and the world of castles, monasteries and towns.
Each map takes about fifteen minutes to read and has a short video to start with. At the end of each you will find a timeline, the key words and a short quiz.
