My personal pet peeve was 'Early Modern' starting in 1500 and going to 1800. Felt like it was leading the witness.
410 to 793 is about as long as I'd go for an 'era' ... 793 to 1071 is the Varangian era ... Vikings/Byzantium/Carolingians
At any rate, Empires coming and going have nothing to do with 'Darkness' and there's little to be 'learned' about Rome's fall in 476 - especially since it survived and thrived until 1453. In the 'Dark Ages', the dominant powers were Rome and Persia (and China)... and those darned Steppe Peoples. And...
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This is Ravenna and Belasarius erasure!
My personal pet peeve was 'Early Modern' starting in 1500 and going to 1800. Felt like it was leading the witness.
410 to 793 is about as long as I'd go for an 'era' ... 793 to 1071 is the Varangian era ... Vikings/Byzantium/Carolingians
At any rate, Empires coming and going have nothing to do with 'Darkness' and there's little to be 'learned' about Rome's fall in 476 - especially since it survived and thrived until 1453. In the 'Dark Ages', the dominant powers were Rome and Persia (and China)... and those darned Steppe Peoples. And...