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> This article seems appallingly Euro-centric... This is a silly criticism. The Dark Ages are by definition about Europe. If you'd like to see more books about
by ellyagg 16y ago
> This article seems appallingly Euro-centric...
This is a silly criticism. The Dark Ages are by definition about Europe. If you'd like to see more books about what was going on in Islamic empires and China during the European Dark Ages, great, but that's not what this author's imagination was captured by.
- lukeschlather 16y agoThe way history is taught in most US schools, The Dark Ages are about the world. I would expect someone trying to overturn orthodoxy to start with that. This subtly reinforces a worldview that paints Europe as central, when it was not.