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The invention of gunpowder in the west would in time come to be associated with the end of the Middle Ages.

Between the sixth and eleventh centuries much of the wisdom of the ancients was gradually lost to the Latin world

The Mongrols pioneered the administrative tools of global empire: a world class postal system, universal law codes, military reforms, and metropolitan city planning

A phenomenon known as the "great stirring" and later as "The First Crusade". Roving bands of Christian mobs stalked the streets, burning synagogues, beating and killing Jewish families and forcing Jews to convert to Christianity or commit suicide.

Ninth century Persian mathematician al- Khwarizmi known as the "father of algebra". The etymology of algebra is a western bastardized Arabic deriving from al-jabr loosely meaning "the reuniting of broken parts."

It has sometimes been said that this Ragnar was the model for the legendary Ragnar Lodbrok star of Danish chronicles and Icelandic sagas.

Benedict's rule was simple, elegant and influential. It would become the template for western monasticsm for generations. Monks who lived under its provisions would be known as Benedictines.

The Northmen celebrated a colorful pantheon of gods such as Odin, Ull, Baldr, Thor, and Loki.

Deus vult- God wills it.
Today Deus Vult has been adopted by the alt right and white supremacists as a watchword or meme.

From the 9th century onward founding, endowing or donating to monasteries became a popular pastime for rich men and women.