HIS102Y1 Lecture 5: Lecture 5 - Invaders.docx
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East central european history sept. 25th 2012. Lecture 5: magyars, vikings, and the german drang nach osten , a drive to the east. At the beginning of the 7th century, muhammad established a new religion which helped the arabic tribes unite. They built a huge empire between western border of china and southern border of france. The center of civilization was moved to the east. In the 8th, 9th, 10th century the most interesting place to live was baghdad. At the same time, a conflict started between christianity and islam. In early medieval times, the eastern mediterranean was the center of western civilization. Many patterns came to europe from the middle east and asia. At the beginning of our era, in alexandria there was a buddhist colony there is a theory that jesus. Christ met some of them and accepted some of their ideas. The arabs closed the connection to asia, and had a very strong empire.
