Revival of Trade and Commerce in the Middle Ages
Western Civilization Final The revival of trade and commerce during the middle ages impacted European Society in many ways but it is important to know how and what caused the revival of trade and commerce and then how it really changed the future European Society.
First the rise of Christianity start brought a new phase of history. The end of the ancient world which was the beginning of the Middle ages. Three religions emerged from the fall of the ancient world, these were Latin Christendom, Byzantium, and Islam. The Byzantium civilization was by far the most advanced out of the three civilizations economically and culturally speaking compared to the Latin west. This was during the time were very few westerners could read and write, though Byzantine scholars studied the literature, philosophy, science, and the law of ancient Greece and Rome because that was their culture. Islam was the next civilization to come after the fall of Rome which was based on the religion of Islam which was founded by Muhammad. Neither of these two civilizations provided any major breakthrough in science, or technology, philosophy, art, or economics or political thoughts which would help bring the middle ages to the modern world. It was the Latin Christendom who did this even though they were so far behind Islam and Byzantium culturally at first until after the twelfth century. Latin Christendom produced movements which brought the modern age to such things as the Renaissance, the Age of Enlightenment, the French Revolution, and the Industrial Revolution. It was in between the sixth and eighth centuries when the Europeans could barely recover from the chaos and disorder caused by the breakup of the Roman Empire. The Germanic kingdoms tried to bring back the roman civilization but they simply did not have enough political bases while fighting wars and having internal conflicts within their kingdoms. The Germans were strong warrior people and not really intelligent thinker
First the rise of Christianity start brought a new phase of history. The end of the ancient world which was the beginning of the Middle ages. Three religions emerged from the fall of the ancient world, these were Latin Christendom, Byzantium, and Islam. The Byzantium civilization was by far the most advanced out of the three civilizations economically and culturally speaking compared to the Latin west. This was during the time were very few westerners could read and write, though Byzantine scholars studied the literature, philosophy, science, and the law of ancient Greece and Rome because that was their culture. Islam was the next civilization to come after the fall of Rome which was based on the religion of Islam which was founded by Muhammad. Neither of these two civilizations provided any major breakthrough in science, or technology, philosophy, art, or economics or political thoughts which would help bring the middle ages to the modern world. It was the Latin Christendom who did this even though they were so far behind Islam and Byzantium culturally at first until after the twelfth century. Latin Christendom produced movements which brought the modern age to such things as the Renaissance, the Age of Enlightenment, the French Revolution, and the Industrial Revolution. It was in between the sixth and eighth centuries when the Europeans could barely recover from the chaos and disorder caused by the breakup of the Roman Empire. The Germanic kingdoms tried to bring back the roman civilization but they simply did not have enough political bases while fighting wars and having internal conflicts within their kingdoms. The Germans were strong warrior people and not really intelligent thinker