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Ah yes, the early middle ages that everyone agrees was a wonderful time, full of peace, economic prosperity, and progress /s.

• tomjen3 5y ago
  In the west nobody seriously thinks that. But Constantinople was the cosmopolitan city for a very long time.
  • rp1 5y ago
    Im not denying that the eastern part of the Roman Empire continued to flourish, but you can’t ignore that Western Europe stagnated for almost 1000 years.