The Dark Ages: people once thought of the Early Middle Ages as a time of little progress. A new TV program explores why.(World History) From: Junior Scholastic | Date: February 26, 2007| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2007 Scholastic, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

Historians once called the 500 years after the fall of the Roman Empire "the Dark Ages." Scholars had few surviving documents of the time, which kept them "in the dark" about keg events.

Today, however, new studies and discoveries are telling us much more about the period. Historians now consider it a time of momentous, long-lasting changes. Warrior kings of Europe were battling over territory, carving new borders. Meanwhile, a new faith--Christianity--was spreading. Many long-suffering peasants saw it as a pathway to salvation after their hard lives.

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