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The Early Medieval in Popular Culture (lemmy.nz)
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[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Also a lot of persecution of certain knowledge by a certain religion and decline of certain mediteranean empires.

Except for the east, they were in the middle of a philosophical boom.

[–] Geobloke@aussie.zone 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The eastern Roman empire was fine for that period though

[–] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

The eastern Roman empire was fine ~~for that period though~~.