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What would they trade for in the Middle Ages?
Goods traded between the Arab world and Europe included slaves, spices, perfumes, gold, jewels, leather goods, animal skins, and luxury textiles, especially silk. There developed important inland trading centres like Milan which then passed on goods to the coastal cities for further export or more northern cities.
What were some of the medicines used to treat people during the Middle Ages?
Headache and aching joints were treated with sweet-smelling herbs such as rose, lavender, sage, and hay. A mixture of henbane and hemlock was applied to aching joints. Coriander was used to reduce fever. Stomach pains and sickness were treated with wormwood, mint, and balm.
How did trade expand in the Middle Ages?
Trade in the High Middle Ages. Improved roads and vehicles of transportation provide for increasingly far-flung urban markets. Cities are, in some ways, parasitical on the land around them. They don’t grow their own food, and as cities get larger and larger, they require more resources.
How did trade Change in the Middle Ages?
Advances in transportation in the 1100s made it possible to trade with distant neighbors. Lords found it more profitable to perfect the cultivation of one crop and trade that for everything else he needed. As trade grew, the merchants in town became very important.
How were the sick treated in medieval times?
A combination of both spiritual and natural healing was used to treat the sick. Herbal remedies, known as Herbals, along with prayer and other religious rituals were used in treatment by the monks and nuns of the monasteries.
How did they clean wounds in medieval times?
Hippocrates, a Greek physician and surgeon, 460-377 BC, known as the father of medicine, used vinegar to irrigate open wounds and wrapped dressings around wounds to prevent further injury. He washed ulcers with wine and after having softened them by oil, he dressed them with fig leaves.
How was entertainment provided in the late Middle Ages?
Entertainment was provided in the homes of the rich with minstrels and acrobats keeping the guests enthralled. The Late or High Middle Ages in England covered from the eleventh through to the end of the thirteenth centuries and was a time of great change and upheaval.
How did England change during the Middle Ages?
Many things changed and evolved throughout this period including religion with barbarians who invaded first through to Christians who came to preach the bible influencing the future of the country. The first settlers were from Germany and settled in England following the fall of the Roman Empire.
What was life like for a child in the Middle Ages?
Children in the middle ages led very different lives to children today. Noble children were looked after by nurses or servants and saw very little of their parents. Boys would learn how to be a page from the age of around seven, while girls would learn how to run a household.
What technology did they use in the Middle Ages?
According to this Wikipedia page, the technology of the time included things like windmills and early mechanical clocks. There were cathedrals and castles for buildings and the military used bows and crossbows as well as heavy body armor. Gunpowder didn’t appear in Europe until after 1300 (so lets say it’s not there).