Medieval economy – Europe
Medieval economy: A carpenter works in his shop. Collapse of trade After the fall of Rome, people in Europe used money less than they had before. Instead they mostly lived on what they [...]
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Medieval Islamic economy – The Silk Road
Turkomen on the Silk Road with camels Just like under Persian or Sassanian rule, the economy of West Asia during the Islamic period depended very heavily on trade. The Silk Road ran right across the Islamic Empire. It [...]
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Medieval Islamic art history
Islamic art: Mosaic from the Great Mosque in Damascus (about 710 AD) Umayyad art: no people or animals As soon as the Islamic Empire formed, under the Umayyad dynasty, artists began exploring the [...]
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Slavery in medieval India
Dancing woman from Mohenjo Daro, in what is now Pakistan Slavery in ancient India There were probably always slaves in India, but until about 1000 AD there were only a few people who were enslaved, [...]
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Knotted rugs – Central Asian Economy
Pazyryk rug (ca. 300 BC) Where are the first knotted rugs from? The world's first knotted rugs were probably made just south of the Caspian Sea in what is now [...]
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What was the Silk Road? Central Asian Economy
Mongol herdsman Hunting wild animals The first people moved into Central Asia about 50,000 BC. They were probably following the big animals that they hunted for food and leather skins [...]
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Central Asian Art
Tillya Tepe gold crown - Afghanistan, ca. 100 BC-100 AD Art you can carry around Because the people of Central Asia started out as nomads, riding their horses and camels [...]
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What is a mosaic? History of Art
A mosaic floor made up of tiny blocks You make the simplest kind of mosaic by taking a lot of black and white pebbles and arranging them on a bed [...]
