In the 7th and 8th century, an Islamic empire was established on the territory of what is now the Middle East, North Africa, the Spanish Peninsula and Afghanistan.
But by the end of the 9th century, this empire began to crumble. In particular, the ongoing conflict between Sunnis and Shiites shook the empire, and the emergence...
In the early Middle Ages, when most of Central and Western Europe was dominated by the Frankish Empire and the Near East, North Africa and the Spanish Peninsula were held by the Byzantine Empire, a small group spread fear and terror throughout the coastline: the Vikings.
The first raids began at the end of the eighth...
While the Arab-Islamic empire ruled in the Middle East, North Africa and the Spanish peninsula, the Franks empire stretched across Central and Western Europe.
Drawn by many internal disputes between the various noble houses and the majordomo (janitor), the area was continuously expanded by the respective rulers of the Franks. Particularly noteworthy here is the victory...
In the 7th century, a new religion emerged in the Middle East in the territory of Arabia: Islam.
This not only meant that first united the otherwise hostile Arab tribes under an ideal, but also to the fact that the Arab empire not only subjugated almost the entire Eastern Roman Empire but also penetrated as far...
While the Western Roman Empire had already decayed, the Eastern Roman Empire survived for centuries. Part of this remainder was the Byzantine Empire, which moved geographically in the direction of Asia and the inhabitants, however, always understood as a Roman and continued to retain the old legionary structures even after the collapse of the Roman...
