“Referring to the Middle Ages as the Dark Ages is justified.”
middle ages in Africa
- Racism, cultural elitism which is the belief that some individuals who form an eliteare those whose influence or authority is greater than that of others, so white people don't think is important to know about their culture.
Two reason why we don't study mostly about Europe and no Africa.
islam empire
mecca, medina, arabia they bow down to kings and the empire is growing bigger
imams guide islams
- They had oral traditions, sitting in a semicircle and listen to a wise man's wisdom
There are about 2,000 languages in Africa.
they go into there mosque and read there qur'an
deep in the desert a men named muhammad heard an angel calling that makes him a prophet he started a religion known as islam which it started in mecca in 622 CE then it spread out
Kings of Ghana used their gold for trade they made.
The Berbers could farther us to cultures, religions who never heard or us.
muhammad was converting arabic tribes with threats and force with some smart tactics and tolerance in arabia he united tribes and when he died islam spread far and wide in 632 CE
The kingdom of Ghana wiped out by 1200 A.D.
After the kingdom of Ghana came Sundiata Keita Mansa Musa was the most famous king or all, he trekked Sahara with over 6,000 followers with the promise of a new world
muslim empire expanded east and north africa into spain muskies ruled spain for centuries until christians reconquered from 632 CE - 1492 CE
but muslims didn't make jews and christians convert they could pay especial tax and get on with their work
farther to east we see the rise of turks the ottoman empire couldn't be hurt, spreading islam and taking over the sultan was commanding some slave soldiers their reach extended far and later adopted the crescent moon and star
after muhammad was gone caliphs contested carried islam things didn't stay calm sunnis water their own take on tradition, shias disagreed that meant opposition
Middle age in Asia
korea and mongolia, Laos and cambodia, vietnam and Bangladesh thats asia 
the song dynasty chin's gold age
shogun was the man he didn't bow to no one makes him the guy to know elected by the daimyo
Byzantine empire
Romans were the most powerful empire until it split apart.
The west land cut up into fiefs.
The east side empire part stayed tight .
The capital of the empire was Constantinople
Justinian started conquering lands and he fell in love with Theodora, she changed the laws
byzantine converted to the christianity and started praying to icons
the separate into to groups : Roman catholics and Eastern orthodox.
