Did the middle ages contribute to the modern world?

Well I see it as the bridge between the ancient and modern worlds, because of all the advances in architecture, agriculture, and techonoloy in this period of time. All of these things led to or had something to do with all of things we have today. We didn't have these advances during the ancient world, and we have made major advances since then, so it's in the middle. Thus the name, the middle ages.