The Hindu-Arabic Numerals c11.56

c11.56

Then there were the Crusades, which in these times brought the East in touch with the West. The spirit of the Orient showed itself in the songs of the troubadours, and the *baudekin*,³ the canopy of Bagdad,⁴ became common in the churches of Italy. In Sicily and in Venice the textile industries of the East found place, and made their way even to the Scandinavian peninsula.⁵