Author: Matt Gilligan / Source: did you know?
“Most of the “barbarian” tribes that “overran” Rome during the 400-480AD “Fall of the West” period had no intention to loot or sack Rome – they admired Rome and wanted their tribes to become part of Rome (Foederati) so they could live and work as citizens.
They admired Rome so much that after it basically crumbled in front of their eyes – they tried to keep up Roman traditions of government and society.
One ‘barbarian king’ Odoacer, who kindly asked the previous Emperor to abdicate at swordpoint, even went so far as to try and pledge loyalty to the Eastern Roman Empire – to which they basically replied “New phone, who dis?”
3. Dark Ages
“The idea of the Dark Ages in general is one that bugs me. People think from the fall of Rome to the Renaissance nothing intellectual happened. Well a lot happened. People also think Christianity suppressed academia/intellectual pursuits, but quite the opposite happened.
While the Dark Ages were going on, you have great Islamic Golden age in the Middle East. Many Greek texts at this time were translated and preserved by Islamic scholars, ideas like Algebra are calcified in the Islamic world, the basis of the renaissance is born here too(Jews in Al-Andalus translated Arabic sources and works from Arabic or Judeo-Arabic into Hebrew. Christians who understood Hebrew moved it to Latin, and that is how things like Aristotle gets to Renaissance Europe.), plus you have great works of literature like Arabian Nights. Plenty was going on in Asia too, especially with architecture and great works. Boroburdur is built in the 9th century along with Prambanan in Indonesia, in Africa you have great states like Zimbabwe and Axum, as well as the growth of West African Trader States.
On the other hand Christianity preserved plenty of Roman/Latin texts through monasteries, and the Augustine Rule kept things from being erased. Not to mention you have the Carolingian Renaissance.”
4. Always has been
“There’s one misconception that I never considered until my professor pointed it out. We have this idea that “China…
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