Middle+Ages+Artifacts


 * [[image:viking_boats.jpg width="524" height="282"]] The Medieval Vikings were led by a great ruler Leif Ericson and were the first people to set foot on the shores of North America. They were great ship men they also gained new trading routes with the south and north. The first Germanic folk movement occurred during the fourth through seventh centuries AD and did much to transform the Roman empire The Vikings invasion was sometimes violent, sometimes peaceful. In either case, the invaders left home for important reasons while they often battled with settled peoples, both the early Germans and the later Vikings were more than "bloodthirsty barbarians." Frequently, they sought new homes and new trade contacts. In their search for new land and commerce, the Vikings also encountered new lands, most famously the northeast corner of North America. || [[image:agraciltiure.jpg width="382" height="341"]] This picture shows a tablet which has a farmer and his cows in a a field plowing. With a large wheel plow. Made from 1336 to 1343. The plow was a major invention in the mideval times that is still used today which lead to easier growing which led to more crops grown so more food available each year for profit and or personal/family needs. ||  ||
 * Hill, Joyce. //Viking longships off coast//. N.d. //world history ancient and medieval// //eras// . ABC CLIO, n.d. Web. 3 Mar. 2010.http://www.ancienthistory.abc-clio.com/Eras/ Display.aspx?storyid=1185700&entryid=799127&issublink=true&fromsearch=false>. || Pisano, Andrea. Ploughing (Pisano). 1336 to 1343. //Wrold history ancient and// //mideval eras//. Web. 18 Feb. 2010. . ||  ||
 * [[image:100_year_war.jpg width="558" height="349"]] || The battles of Crecy and Poitiers were won by the great impact of the longbow shot by the trained longbowmen. In these battles they used to be won by the mounted knights and the pesants who turned into paid soldiers.The French were honored with nobility. Even though England had won many battles warfare was a expensive cost for both sides. In 1360, the two rivals signed the Treaty of Bretigny, giving the English more power over Aquitaine in exchange for Edward giving up his claim to the French throne.

//Battle of Poitiers//. September 19, 1356. //World History: Ancient and Medieval// //Eras//. Web. 5 Mar. 2010. . ||  || Type in the content of your page here.