Answer:
During the Middle Ages, the Catholic Church exerted enormous power over Europe. The Church influenced governments, waged wars and levied taxes. Although some actions, such as the Medieval Inquisition, are controversial today, the Catholic Church also established universities and hospitals, instigated positive social change and paved the way for economic growth.
<span>Scientific and medicine contributions:
• Arabic numerals (adapted from India), including zero
• Algebra
• Expansion of geographic knowledge
</span>• D<span>ifferentiate between smallpox and measles
</span>• Diagnose the plague, diphtheria, leprosy, rabies, baker’s cyst, diabetes, gout and haemophilia
• Muslim surgeons were also pioneers in performing amputations and cauterizations
• <span>discovered the circulation of blood, the use of animal gut for sutures and the use of alcohol as an antiseptic</span>
