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High Middle Ages - Coggle Diagram
High Middle Ages
Agricultural Advancements
Technology
Watermills and windmills
Strategy
Clearing land
Three-field rotation system
Impact: allowed peasant to have a surplus of crops
Cultural Revival
The high middle ages were a time of cultural revival in Europe
Why?
Agricultural Advancements
Revival of Trade
Growth of towns
Revival of Trade
Trade began to flourish in Europe
Silk road extension
Need for transportation of goods
Need for transportation people
Crusades created new trade connections
Crusades was a religious campaign promoted by the church to remove Muslims from Israel
Growth of Towns
Commerce naturally grew and cities began to form
Trade fairs
Foreign goods
Local goods- peasants could trade their surplus in hopes of getting off the manor
Creates local businesses and begins the formation of towns
Feudal Monarchies
As towns grew, townspeople desired a strong monarch to rule over them
Beginning of feudal monarchies.