They where merchants, artisans, professionals suck as lawyers or doctors, and <span>government officials.</span>
<span>During the high middle ages monasteries were considered religious centers as well as
centers of learning. Many monasteries also worked as schools where they taught people how to be literate and basic mathematics or similar. Many famous schools of today began as monasteries in the early days.</span>
Both groups are called Slavs. In the years before World War I, Serbia wanted all Slavic peoples to form one empire, free from rule by the Turks or Austria-Hungary. The Serbs' wish to unite all the Slavs in one empire is an example of. imperialism.