Historians regard the nearly *t_h_o_u_s_a_nd - year period of W_e_s_t_e_r_n European history between the fall of Rome (year)_476CE and the *f_i_f_t_e_e_n_t_h century Renaissance as the M_i_d_d_le Ages. The beginning of the Middle Ages is often called the D_a_r_k___ Age in Western Europe. B_a_r_b_a_r_i_a_n armies overran land once controlled by the Romans. Additionally, there were terrible periods of great h_u_n_g_er, and people faced widespread d_i_s_e_a_s_e because they had little understanding of h_y_g_i_e_n_e. Poor farmers lived on the ⇒e__t__t__s of nobles in a *fu_d_al society. Peasants saw few opportunities for social ⇒a__v__n__e__e__t; the life of a poor farmer was likely to be exactly the same as his p_a_r_e_n_t_s' and g_r_a_n_d_p_a_r_e_n_ts' lives.
Many people relied on their devout faith in C_h_r_i_s_t_i_a_ni_t_y during the Middle Ages because they believed that their circumstances would improve in h_e_a_v_en. Builders demonstrated their faith by constructing magnificent c_a_t_h_e_d_r_a_ls that often took more than a l_i_f_e_t_i_me to complete.
Though few people could read or write, many great works of l_i_t_u_r_a_t_u_re were composed during the Middle Ages. These works include Chaucer's C_a_n_t_e_r_b_u_ry Tales, the poetry of D_a_n_t_e, and the legends of King A_r_t_h_ur.
While Europe was experiencing a Dark Age, civilizations flourished in sub-S_a_h_a_r_a_n Africa, C_h_i_n_a, India, and the A_m_e_r_i_c_as. About 1450, Western Europe experienced a “r_e_b_i_rth” called the R_e_n_a_i_s_s_a_n_c_e. This was a period of *d_i_s_c_o_v_e_r_y and ⇒e__p__o__a__i__n that historians regard as the beginning of m_o_de_r_n history.

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