Early (500-1000)
- Period happened after the fall of Rome
- Expansion of Islam, eventually stopped by proto French
- Provincial governments fought with each other
High (1000-1300)
- Many different crusades happened
- Increased power of empire and the pope
- Arab technology/ideas spread to Europe
- Schism between East and West Church
Late (1300-1492)
- New technology, especially military tech
- Large fall in crusade activity
- Increased battles between European powers
- Rise of the Ottomans as Ottoman Empire
- Further increase in Italian commerce