persia_chart_8_western_europe.doc
Western Europe ? Fall of Rome(476)-1450 feudal society ( kings granted fiefs (land) to his nobles and lesser lords lords got land return for military service the land remained politically divided had a form of the manorial system by 1000 feudalism began to change to centralized feudalism (England and France being examples) and due to increased trade developed further into centralized monarchies in the late Middle Ages Political - three field system brought an agricultural improvement ( two fields were used during cultivation, and one was recovering from last seasons growing (began around 900 as part of an Agricultural rev) due to impact from the Crusades and the impact of the Mongols trade increased steadily?merchant class grew larger 1300s..Commercial Revolution