1. Medieval Europe
European Christendom
500s to 1500s

2. Byzantine
Empire

5. Byzantine Empire –
Eastern Europe & Eastern Mediterranean
 The
eastern part of the Roman Empire
remained with Roman politics and
Greek culture.
 Its military, culture, and commerce
remained strong after the fall of the
Western part of the Roman Empire.

8. By the 1000s ce, the Byzantine Empire was
losing territory to the Islamic Turks & weak
states in Western Europe were forming.

9. Western Europe

Centralized
government broke
down and trade was
disrupted

Cities populations
declined and
population centers
shifted to rural
areas.

Literacy declined

Christianity
remained a major
unifying force

11. CRUSADES