Covering history's most marvelous millennium
Covering history's most marvelous millennium
This page contains all our reports regarding the Early Middle Ages.
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The Vikings spent a lot of time overseas. To prevent enemy retaliation overland, they built a huge wall across Denmark.
The Silk Road connected China and Europe throughout the Middle Ages. Both middlemen merchants and expansive emperors grew rich by controlling this trade route.
The Vikings buried their dead in a spectacularly shocking fashion. An Arab traveler was invited to a ship burial and wrote down every detail he witnessed.
Chinese general Zhang Xun was steadfast and untiring in his loyalty to the imperial regime. As a result, he was prepared to make great - and extreme - sacrifices.
The Fall of Rome was only the beginning of an epic clash of civilizations on the Italian peninsula. One general turned out to be smarter than the others involved.
In a so-called Dark Age, it's important to shine your light brighter than ever. Learn how noble ladies and gentlemen managed to look dazzling.
Thanks to its explosive ideology of jihad, Islam enjoyed a stunning rise in its early days and defeated one Western power after the other.
Frankish prince Charles Martel had to face two Islamic incursions north of the Pyrenees. Nevertheless, he managed to withstand the onslaught of jihad.
