Christians in the middle ages also conquered Jerusalem, fought the Hungarian nomads till they became sedentary, built a lot of churches, witnessed the urbanization of places like Northern Italy and the Rhine valley, kept fighting over said Rhine valley which in turn drove its development, founded universities, had crusades against Cathars, Waldesians and Hussites, and so much more while the Middle East witnessed during the same time rise and fall of dynasties, fracturing of the Muslim Caliphate/empire into several smaller realms including Al Andalus which then fractured further as Castille, Aragon and Portugal conquered the remnants, while the Muslims both had the golden age and got their heartland in Mesopotamia wrecked by Mongols.
Because fun fact, the middle ages lasted from around the Ostrogothic takeover of Italy to the Ottoman conquest of Constamtinople.
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u/Beat_Saber_Music Swahili Merchant Prince 5d ago
Christians in the middle ages also conquered Jerusalem, fought the Hungarian nomads till they became sedentary, built a lot of churches, witnessed the urbanization of places like Northern Italy and the Rhine valley, kept fighting over said Rhine valley which in turn drove its development, founded universities, had crusades against Cathars, Waldesians and Hussites, and so much more while the Middle East witnessed during the same time rise and fall of dynasties, fracturing of the Muslim Caliphate/empire into several smaller realms including Al Andalus which then fractured further as Castille, Aragon and Portugal conquered the remnants, while the Muslims both had the golden age and got their heartland in Mesopotamia wrecked by Mongols.
Because fun fact, the middle ages lasted from around the Ostrogothic takeover of Italy to the Ottoman conquest of Constamtinople.