*YEAR 477*
(CE)
(fall of ‘western roman empire’)
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*aka ‘early medieval period’*
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(~ the “500s” to the “900s”)
(…and later half of the “400s”?)
*~523 YEARS*
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*the early middle ages marked the start of the ‘middle ages’ of ‘european history’, lasting from the 6th to ‘the 900s CE’*
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(the ‘early middle ages’ followed the decline of the ‘western roman empire’ and preceded the ‘high middle ages’ (c. 10th to 13th centuries))
(the ‘early middle ages’ largely overlap with ‘late antiquity’)
(the term “late antiquity” is used to emphasize elements of continuity with the ‘roman empire’, while “early middle ages” is used to emphasize developments characteristic of the later ‘medieval period’)
(the period saw a continuation of trends begun during ‘late classical antiquity’, including ‘population decline’, especially in ‘urban centres’, a decline of ‘trade’, and increased ‘immigration’)
(the period has been labeled the “dark ages”, a characterization highlighting the relative scarcity of ‘literary’ and ‘cultural’ output from this time, especially in ‘northwestern europe’)
(however, the ‘eastern roman empire’ (or ‘byzantine empire’) continued to survive, and in the 7th century the islamic ‘caliphates’ conquered swathes of formerly roman territory)
(many of these trends were reversed later in the period)
(in 800 the title of ’emperor’ was revived in ‘western europe’ by ‘charlemagne’, whose ‘carolingian empire’ greatly affected later ‘european’ social structure and history)
(‘europe’ experienced a return to ‘systematic agriculture’ in the form of the ‘feudal system’, which introduced such innovations as ‘3-field planting’ and the ‘heavy plow’)
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(‘barbarian migration’ stabilized in much of ‘europe’, although ‘northern europe’ was greatly affected by the ‘viking’ expansion’)
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*👨🔬🕵️♀️🙇♀️*SKETCHES*🙇♂️👩🔬🕵️♂️*
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👈👈👈 ☜ *“CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY” (CE)*
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*“THE HIGH MIDDLE AGES”* ☞ 👉👉👉
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💕💝💖💓🖤💙🖤💙🖤💙🖤❤️💚💛🧡❣️💞💔💘❣️🧡💛💚❤️🖤💜🖤💙🖤💙🖤💗💖💝💘
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*🌈✨ *TABLE OF CONTENTS* ✨🌷*
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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥*we won the war* 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥