Expansion, Fragmentation, and Middle Ages Eras || Society & Culture Worldbuilding Part 6

Welcome to the sixth part of my societies and culture worldbuilding guide series, which is a sort of season 2 of my worldbuilding guide series. These videos build off the physical world building we’ve already done. Part 6 will include talking about the middle ages, expansion and fragmentation, trade routes, and we will build our middle age eras!

Worldbuilding Guide Playlist:
Worldbuilding Guide Blog:

00:00:00 Intro
00:01:26 Plan for Middle Ages
00:05:37 Naming Landmasses and Oceans
00:07:26 State vs NonState Order
00:09:43 Overview of Medieval Times
00:16:34 Empires in Middle Ages
00:18:31 Expansion
00:24:17 Borders
00:25:11 Trends
00:28:49 When Empires Fall
00:35:15 Patterns when Empires Fall
00:38:04 Agricultural Changes
00:38:27 Map Potential Trade Routes
00:43:28 Map Isolated vs Networked
00:44:20 Mapping Eras
00:47:40 Changes to consider
00:52:41 Map new eras
00:54:28 Examples Era Changes by Continent
00:57:48 Examples Era Changes Barnes
01:00:12 Examples Era Changes Seller
01:06:26 Map Final Middle Ages
01:07:53 Polities by Centralization
01:11:22 Empires and Peripheries
01:11:56 Example Final Maps
01:12:48 Document Histories
01:13:32 Middle Age Trade Routes
01:14:17 What’s next?

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Music is As History Unfolds by Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen from Epidemic Sound

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