I believe Captain Smith should have heeded warnings about ice in the North Atlantic and slowed down or stopped the Titanic. Don't you?

Craft guilds played a key role in the production of material goods in the middle ages, . Craft guilds established standards for production of goods and labor practices. Craft guilds also established fixed prices for the sale of goods. The guild process involved a training hierarchy where a person would start …

Charters of liberties were legal documents which illustrated the relative freedoms of individuals. The Magna Carta is known as one of the greatest feudal charters of liberties.

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The trading fairs of Champagne were the largest marketplaces in western Europe. Champagne hosted fairs annually as part of a French program to increase trade. Merchants were promised protection from harm and reduced taxes, while the state enjoyed increased commercial activity.

1169- Saladin lead Sunni Muslims of Syria in an invasion of Egypt and ended the Fatimid caliphate. Saladin's forces also invaded Jerusalem, Palestine and Tripoli. The fall of Jerusalem led to a 'third crusade.'

After Pope Urban II called the people to arms against Infidels, Peter the Hermit, a man who had holy visions, incited a large mob to take up a crusade in eastern Europe. The mob was made up largely of the poor and thus was referred to as a "Peasant's Crusade …