30 Day Challenge Entry #1

     For my 30 Day Challenge project, I decided to learn about the medieval time period. I chose this because I've always been fascinated with medieval culture. While I was researching, I found some very interesting things.
     The Medieval time period, also known as the Middle Ages, lasted from the 5th to the 15th century. It began when the Western Roman Empire collapsed and then started to merge into an early modern period. The period is divided into three smaller periods. They are the Early Middle Ages, the High Middle Ages, and the Late Middle Ages. The Early Middle Ages started in the 5th century and lasted until the 10th. The High Middle Ages last from then until around the 13th century, and the Late Middle Ages ended in the 15th century. In the Late Middle Ages, the well-known Black Plague occurred and killed more than one third of the population.
     This project has been both fun and challenging. The challenges I am having so far are being able to separate the three Middle Ages apart. In my research, I try to take notes and keep three different sections for each of the time periods so I don' get anything mixed up. It is also a little hard to be able to squeeze all of the information in one post. I have to be able to take all of the information I have gathered and put it into one or two paragraphs.
     For my presentation, I plan to create a small model of armor that was used back then, since I am studying Middle Aged weaponry right now and am planning to use that as the topic in my next post. I would like to learn a lot about this topic and I'm glad I'm getting a chance to.