Answer the following questions.
1.Which period is known as the medieval period in Indian history?
2.Which period is known as the medieval period in European history?
3.List the well-known literary sources of information of the medieval period.
4.Name the foreign visitors who wrote travel accounts of medieval period of India.
5. List the technological developments of the medieval period.
Answers
Explanation:
1: The early medieval period lasted from the 8th century till the 13th century. The late medieval period lasted from the 13th century till the 18th century. It ends with the start of the Mughal empire.
2: The period of European history extending from about 500 to 1400–1500 ce is traditionally known as the Middle Ages. The term was first used by 15th-century scholars to designate the period between their own time and the fall of the Western Roman Empire.
3: Archaeological sources in the forms of buildings and structures such as temples dedicated to their beloving gods, inscriptions sucha as ashoka inscriptions which was inscribed for the knowledge of their people, coins issued by rulers and weaponry used by their army.
4:Marco Polo was a Venetian explorer from Italy who has traveled to India in 1288 AD. He has written several biographies on the Rulers and also noted the cultural and social conditions prevailing in India under the ruler of the Pandya kingdom.
5:The period saw major technological advances, including the adoption of gunpowder, the invention of vertical windmills, spectacles, mechanical clocks, and greatly improved water mills, building techniques (Gothic architecture, medieval castles), and agriculture in general (three-field crop rotation).