Primarily in the realm of the church.
The dominant religion in the Middle Ages depended on where you were. In most of Europe, it was Christianity, and in the Middle East and North Africa, for most of the Middle Ages, it was Islam. There were places where both were about equally important, such as Spain.
Yes, polyphony was used during the Middle Ages. We do not have any real idea of when polyphony was introduced, but the earliest texts describing it date to the Early Middle Ages. By the end of the Middle Ages, it was highly developed. There is a link below to an article on polyphony, beginning at the section on its origins.
During the Middle Ages art was mainly commissioned by The Church.
During the middle ages noble women had no opportunity no learn how to read and write.
Monastaries
Primarily in the realm of the church.
Africa and the Americas
Spain, North Africa, West Africa, the Horn of Africa, the Middle East, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Indonesia.
The "middle passage" is the transportation of slaves form Africa to the New World. Roughly 20% of the slaves died during the voyage
The dominant religion in the Middle Ages depended on where you were. In most of Europe, it was Christianity, and in the Middle East and North Africa, for most of the Middle Ages, it was Islam. There were places where both were about equally important, such as Spain.
It took place for a couple hundred years. It was during the 17th and 18th centuries. The Middle Passage was the ship voyage from Africa to the United States.
The addition of North Africa prevented the Axis from gaining the suez canal and access to middle-eastern oil.
Most of the slaves faced horrible conditions on the ships.
The Moors were Muslims from northeastern Africa that invaded the Iberian peninsula (Spain and Portugal) during the middle ages.
Nazis carried out the Holocaust during and just before WW II
africa was introduced to Portuguese industries such as leather production and florist occupations. africa was introduced to early guns from spain made of tin.