The collapse of the Byzantine Empire. The Latin Empire
At the end of the XI century. Crusades began. It would seem that this disaster will not affect the Byzantine capital – the center of Orthodoxy. But the organization of the Fourth Crusade was
The Legacy of the Middle Ages
The era of the Middle Ages is long gone. However, it should not be forgotten that it was in the Middle Ages that the foundation of the modern world was laid. The Middle Ages
Architecture and art of medieval Europe. Romance and Gothic styles
At the beginning of the Middle Ages, construction was so launched that the then masters were forced to study the architectural achievements of the ancient Romans. As a consequence, in the X century. Romanian
Customs and traditions of medieval China. Clothes, food, houses, holidays
The basis of the economy of medieval China was agriculture, mainly – arable farming. At first the Chinese raised wheat and millet, but gradually they preferred rice. In the paddy rice fields, the Chinese
The first states of the Western Slavs. The emergence of the Slavic script
Western Slavs – Czechs, Poles, Slovaks – come from the Slavic tribes who settled north of the Danube to the Baltic and Elbe. The Slavic community of the Balkan Peninsula became the basis for
English Society XIV-XV centuries
In English society, there have been some changes. There was an increasing interest in trade, especially overseas, so shipbuilding flourished. Most of the nobles no longer considered entrepreneurship something shameful, they learned how to
Theaters of Moscow
Among the Moscow theaters, the Bolshoi Theater, the Moscow Art Theater, the Small Theater, the operetta theaters, satires, Sovremennik and others are especially popular. Theater art in Moscow began to develop at the end
Oral sources of history. Scientific confirmation of the legend about the foundation of Kiev
Prior to the emergence of writing, people stored the experience in an oral word: tales, legends, legends, songs, riddles, proverbs and sayings. All this variety of works is called Oral folk art, or Folklore.
Internal colonization and its consequences
In the 11th-13th centuries, as a result of the population increase, new territories are being developed in Europe. The peasants cleared the forest, raised the virgin land, and won the land from the sea.
Man and nature in the Middle Ages
In the Middle Ages, the population depended entirely on the natural and climatic conditions. The peculiarities of nature prompted which dwellings and settlements should be built, which transport – water or land – to