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Economy was based on trading and small market ares in the town center

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Get information, facts, and pictures about Middle Ages at Encyclopedia.com. ... events of the EarlyMiddle Ages and the rebirth of culture in the later years. ... Rule of St. Benedict, had the effect of preserving antique learning; and missionaries, ...

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Middle Ages, period in Western European history that followed the disintegration of the West Roman Empire in the 4th and 5th cent. and lasted into the 15th century into the period of the Renaissance. The ideas and institutions of western civilization derive largely from the events of the Early Middle Ages and the rebirth of culture in the later years. The importance of the Middle Ages has been recognized as scholarship based on newly found source material,and archaeological findings presents more accurate and detailed analysis of events of the Middle ages.

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The Dark Ages...How Dark Were They, Really?: Crash Course World ...

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The Muslim conquest of Hispania began when the Moors invaded the Christian Visigothic kingdom of Iberia in the year 711, under their Berber leader Tariq ibn Ziyad. They landed at Gibraltar on 30 April and worked their way northward

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From the 7th century Byzantine history was greatly affected by the rise of Islam and the Caliphates

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Not only did Justinian restore some western territories to the Roman Empire, but he also codified Roman law and built the largest and the most technically advanced Kingdom of the Early Middle Ages

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The dreams of subduing the Western Kingdoms briefly materialized during the reign of Justinian I in 527–565

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The Eastern Roman Empire aimed at retaining control of the trade routes between Europe and the Asia

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The Roman Empire wasn't "conquered" by Germanic tribes, but overrun by the flood of Germanic migrants

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Early in the 3rd century Germanic people began to invade Europe

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Starting in the 2nd century, various indicators of Roman civilization began to decline, including urbanization, seaborne commerce, and population

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The period saw a trend that begun during late classical  era, including population decline mainly in populated urban areas, decline of trade throughout Europe

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The early middle ages followed the decline of the roman empire and proceeded into the higher middle ages

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The Early Middle Ages (or early medieval period) was the period of European history lasting from the roughly the 6th century to the 10th century.

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The Dark Ages: Loss of Classical Culture - Video & Lesson Transcript ...

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This lesson explores the loss of classical culture during the Dark Ages. We compare the life of a medieval ...

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The Dark Ages: Definition, History & Timeline - Video & Lesson ...

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We will learn why this period is called the Dark Ages and... ... for the supposed lack of culture and advancement ...