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The Early Middle Ages
In AD 800, waves of invaders swept across Europe. Roman civilization was slowly disappearing. Wars raged constantly. Trade slowed to a trickle, towns emptied, and learning virtually ceased. During the early Middle Ages, from about 500-1000, Europe was an ISOLATED, backward region largely cut off from advanced civilizations that flourished in Middle East, South Asia, China, and China.
The first dominant kingdom to emerge from
the decentralization of the early Middle Ages was that of the
Germanic tribe of the Franks. From 714 to 814, the Carolingian House of the Franks brought stability and progress to northern Europe. A large portion of the West enjoyed military and political security as well as religious unity. This accomplishment was not to last,
however. The Frankish empire did not endure, partly because it lacked the strong economic bases that has supported the Romans. By the ninth century, Muslim conquests and commercial activity successfully competed with the Franks; inland trade declined sharply and urban life almost disappeared in the north. In addition, the empire had no strong administrative machinery to compensate for the weak rulers who followed the dominating leadership of the emperor Charlemagne; the empire disintegrated amid civil wars and invasions.
The first dominant kingdom to emerge from
the decentralization of the early Middle Ages was that of the
Germanic tribe of the Franks. From 714 to 814, the Carolingian House of the Franks brought stability and progress to northern Europe. A large portion of the West enjoyed military and political security as well as religious unity. This accomplishment was not to last,
however. The Frankish empire did not endure, partly because it lacked the strong economic bases that has supported the Romans. By the ninth century, Muslim conquests and commercial activity successfully competed with the Franks; inland trade declined sharply and urban life almost disappeared in the north. In addition, the empire had no strong administrative machinery to compensate for the weak rulers who followed the dominating leadership of the emperor Charlemagne; the empire disintegrated amid civil wars and invasions.