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The Middle Ages
by: Joey Corrado, Teddy Mapes

===The Middle Ages a.k.a. The Medieval Times, was separated into 3 time periods; the Early Middle **Ages, the High Middle Ages, and the Late Middle Ages. In the middle ages, technology was becoming more advanced. Christianity was becoming the major religion. There was also the Bubonic Plague, or Black Death. This plague had killed nearly half the population of Europe. The clothing and armor.**===

**Armor is used to protect the body from harm. Armor has been used for centuries and has been**
===**made from different things like leather hides and bone. It progressed to bronze, steel, and depleted uranium. In the Medieval Times, the most common armor types were:** **lorica segmentata, the chainmail hauberk, the gambeson and later the full steel plate armor. The plate armor was personal armor that was worn on the full body. Plate armor dates back to the ancient greeks wearing it on their chest and limbs. Plate armor was also expensive to make. These suits were decorated and worn by nobles and generals for fashion because of the use of firearms on the battlefield.**===

===**During this time, they rediscovered the roman artillery weapon the Balista. Their warfare had changed with the discovery of crossbow, which led to plate armor. They also used a wooden structure called a Cat. This was either built or moved up to defensive walls from documents, it's said this structure could claw away at castle walls, hence it's name. They were very feared in the medieval warfare. The use of battering rams were also used for breaking down castle walls.**===

===Crusades were a number of holy wars started by the holy states in Europe, against the Saracens. They started in 1095 when Pope Claremont preached the first crusade at the council of Claremont. The word 'Sacarens" was just the word they used to describe muslims during the middle ages. The crusades were given the name 'The Holy Wars'. To the Christians, Jerusalem was the place where Jesus was crucified and ascended into heaven. To the Muslims, it was the place where Muhammad ascended to heaven. To the Jews, it was the site of where the ancient temple of Solomon was built. The point of the crusades was at first to release the holy lands, in particular, Jerusalem, from the Saracens, but in time they extended to seizing Spain from the Moors, the Slavs and Pagans from Eastern Europe, and the islands of the Mediterranean.===

===The Black Death, also known as the Bubonic Plague started in 1330 when an outbreak started and spread throughout China. The Bubonic Plauge mainly affects rodents, but fleas can transmit the disease to humans. Once a person gets infected, their infection spreads extremely rapid to other people. The plague causes swelling of the lymph glands, called buboes, which is were the plague got its name. It also caused spots to form on the skin, they were red at first but turned black. The plague was quickly spread from China to Western Asia into Europe. It was carried into Italy from men aboard merchant ships.===

**"The Black Death: Bubonic Plague." __Middle Ages__. 16 Apr. 2012 [].**
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