What Are The Middle Ages?
Half-Hour History: Secrets of the Medieval World
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The Crusades: A Time of Exploration and Logistics
Also in the West, Christians had been going off on pilgrimage to the Holy Land. In the high medieval period you have Marco Polo taking the Silk Road. And so that makes this a fascinating period of cultural exchange. Next week: Did Rome really fall, or did it just sort of implode?
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