Ch+20+Interactions

During the middle ages in Western Europe, there were many interactions in culture, economy, social status, and politics/governments.


 * By 1000 B.C. regional states had restored their order**
 * They had become more organized and had ended their invasions.


 * Champagne in France held fairs that were used as marketplaces. Here, the Europeans compared and exchanged goods.


 * Italians established trading ports as well as commercial centers in the Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea
 * Dealt with Muslims merchants who were involved in trade in the Indian Ocean and trade over the land with India, as well as with Southeast Asia, and China


 * Hanseatic League was a place of multiple interactions
 * Well developed trade network in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea, took all of the commercial centers
 * rivers helped to link the peoples as well


 * Religion often united the peoples
 * Roman Catholocism united the peoples of Western Europe


 * When the Europeans explored and traded, they encountered ideas from the Byzantine Empire, as well as from other areas in the Byzantine empire


 * The Reconquista, when the Christians attempted to take Spain, promoted cultural interaction


 * The Norman warriors gave Sicily back to the Christians from Muslim hands


 * Normans invaded England in 1066


 * Muslims ruled most of the Iberian Peninsula


 * Increased populations helped to increase trade and travel


 * The growth of the agricultural economy promoted trade and interactions as well as the spread of culture

>>Jenny Voll & Lauren Smyle Approved by:Brett Krumenacker and Shane Daggett Approved by Victor Ebken