Today's Frame(s)

• How did the Crusades affect the relationship between Christians, Muslims, and Jews both in Europe and throughout the Middle East?

• What separated the "High Middle Ages" from the "Dark Ages"?

Chartres Cathedral, France

Today's Frame- Background to the Crusades

How did the Crusades unify Europe, including the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church?

Spread of Islam DBQ

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Today's Frame: Islamic Expansion

How did Islam expand rapidly beyond the original "ummah" in Arabia (Mecca, Medina) and create an Arab Islamic civilization linking together North Africa, the Middle East, and south and central Asia within approximately 150 years?

Today's Frame- Origins of Islam

How did the Arabian merchant known ultimately as the Prophet Muhammad receive revelations that would form the last major form of monotheism: Islam?

Today's Frame(s)

• How was The Roman Catholic Church the dominant political and cultural force in the Middle Ages for much of Europe (Christendom)?

• How and why was feudalism the fundamental mode of political and social organization during the Middle Ages?

Primary Source Documents

Today's Frame- Christian Empires in Europe (Byzantines & Charlemagne)

• How did the Byzantine Empire unifiy the various Eastern and Slavic kingdoms and cultures into one Christian (Eastern Orthodox) Empire?

• How did Charlemagne and the Carolingians unify the various Germanic kingdoms into one large Christian (Roman Catholic) Empire?

The Haghia Sofia (Church of Divine Wisdom)- Constantinople/Istanbul