Hugely wealthy nobles and elites leading everyone to the destruction of their culture is a staple of history. "I have the money to push my agenda" has been the reason for EVERY single setback in human history. Whether by war or just societial slide, it has happened in every society that fell. Note how trans rights are above straight women in sports, and massively increased minority roles in any movie, show, or commercial. Take any commercial in the US, there's no White males, despite them being the majority in the country. It's a dedicated plan by the currently uber-wealthy to divide people to make them more slave-like. Peasants fight peasants, while the super rich watch and get more from their investments.
Except that their militaries and emperor were controlled by barbarians and ours are still controlled by Americans.. The reasons they were defeated is because their whole military was made up of people from everywhere except Italian peninsula.. which had no affiliation to Rome so they did what they wanted.. No organization.. the US isn't even close to that.. were still by far the strongest military and economy
It’s crazy to think, in the future we will be just casually mentioned in a brain video (probably) as an empire that ruled a place for 250 years only to talk about what more significant nation came after us.
The "Dark Ages" term is not a misnomer. It started off with at least a year of ash blocking out the sun (probably from Krakatoa), followed by a decade of relative worldwide darkness and coldness due to volcanic eruptions and climate change. For the next 500 years, this would be later known as the Little Ice Age, while hundreds of millions were ravaged by plague, malnutrition and starvation as better nourished invaders repeatedly looted them for their last remaining sustenance. Many believed this really was the first glimpse of the apocalypse, hence the scientific backtracking of society... and were they wrong? Hardly. If you think that sucks, just wait until Yellowstone blows :D
@@Solid_Jackson I WAS, ever heard of the great conquerer nebresser along with his brother kerb nefres ofcourse you haven't because i used my founding Titan powers to wipe your memories
All of which is true but not pertinent. That is not the reason the Dark ages was so named. The expression Dark Ages was originally used to describe a paucity of information about the period.
I like the video but I believe 476 is actually the 5th century, many people make this mistake but if you think about it it makes sense. from 0 - 100 C.E. is the 1st century, 100 -200 is second, 200 - 300 is the 3rd, 300-400 is the 4th, and finally 400- 500 is the 5th, just a small mistake there, hope this helps and thanks for videos like this
@@mynamemylastname7179 Yes there is. CE stands for Common Era. BCE = before common era It is the secular way of notation. Most historians now use that notation. AD (anno domini) = CE BC = BCE
Yes... that is why we call 1900-2000 the 20th century and so on. I hear many teachers and friends of mine saying the wrong thing. They say that the 20th century is 2000-2100 and so on. And we all know it is not true.
The purpose of that is to repeal the acceptance of the birth of Christ as the center factor of history, as has been the case for the last 1500 years. In order to create a new world, you have to destroy the old one first. It is the cancelling of Christ, and the removal of His name from as many aspects of life as possible.
@@XxowendanxX People decided there was no need to build our historical timeline references around the birthdate of an individual whose literal existence is only believed by a specific group of the world's worshippers.
Pathetic excuse by numpties (I am not referring to the commentators on here). I am an atheist but I still accept AD and BC as reference points. They have been good enough all these years.
The idea that the sack of Rome by Christian Germanic tribes showed Christianity to be stronger than paganism is very questionable. Paganism had already been outlawed in Rome by this time and pagans persecuted. Also, the Germanic tribes followed a different form of Christianity that was denounced by the Roman church.
You are attacking a strawman argument and false claims. Only the Visigoths were Arians. Other Germanic Tribes who led to the decline of Western Rome were Pagans. Also for your kind information there were Greco-roman pagans even as late as 804 AD. The outlawing wasn't strictly implemented. There were pagans even in the Imperial court even during the 5th century when western Rome Fell. And why did you conveniently leave out the biggest contributer to the fall of Western Rome-Attila and the Huns who ravaged and massacred across europe leading to a huge population decline in Western Rome. Atiila and the Huns who were Hardcore Pagans? Was it against your narrative?
@@alangervasis Firstly, I don't have a narrative. I was answering a specific claim made in the video, not expounding on the various attacks on the Roman empire or on the general conflict between Christianity and paganism. What you said is accurate but it has no relevance to my original comment, which was to counter the idea that the success of 'Christian' Germanic tribes showed the relative strength of Christianity versus paganism. I made no mention of Atilla or the non-Arian Germanic tribes because they were not relevant to the claim made in the video. I would also point out that whilst paganism undoubtedly survived in the Roman empire, my statement that paganism had been outlawed and that persecution of the pagans had taken place was factually correct. As you introduced two non-sequiturs, I wonder if my accurate comment ran counter to your narrative? 😁 Have a great day.
The main reason Charlemagne’s empire didn’t survive for long after his death was because Frankish custom at that time called for the land of a deceased Frankish head of household to be equally shared among all surviving sons. Charlemagme had three surviving sons, resulting in his empire being broken up into three roughly equal-sized kingdoms.
Charlemagne had 1 surviving son and his empire went in its totality to him - Ludvic. You are confusing him with this son, who indeed had 3 surviving sons for whom the empire was divided.
Fascinating content! Your writing is exceptional and you clearly have great talent for story telling! You’re a big inspiration to me as a new history channel. Perhaps we can collaborate one day? Keep up the great work! ⭐️
What is your definition of "progress" and "decline"? If you were a slave in Europe, the "Dark Ages" was the beginning of the end of being a slave in the European Continent. Maritime sciences continued to progress during the "Dark Ages" and neither the Muslims nor the Chinese ever really caught up to the head start the Romans gave Europe in all things Naval. They other thing that is often forgotten is that during the "Dark Ages" Europeans started to push the boundaries of what could be built with stone.....and some of the great Cathedrals were even started in this period. So if you like giant Cathedrals, the development of maritime technology and the elimination of slavery and beginning of concepts such as constitutions and limiting the absolute power of monarchs, there was plenty of progress during the "so-called Dark Ages". Yes Europe was fragmented politically, but this proved to be a very short-term handicap. The idea that Europe "declined" during this age is entirely a matter of historical narrative...often driven by contemporary political sentiments. Specifically comparing a "declined" Europe to a "Thriving" Muslim world is Orientalism at it's best. Why do we never say that the Mongols overtook Europe? Conquering equals not overtaking. While the Mongols and Muslims built empires of conquest, plunder and slavery, Europeans built ships, Cathedrals and shared political power structures. Seeing that 1/3 of all people in the Roman Empire were slaves, I would gladly trade their splendor and efficient administration for life as a backwater peasant during the Dark Ages.
"While the Mongols and Muslims built empires of conquest, plunder and slavery, Europeans built ships, Cathedrals, and shared political power structures" This made me laugh about how little people know about Muslims
It's such an amazing city. Between the Renaissance Spanish Steps to what's left of the old Roman ruins, it's filled to the brim with our history. Although the state of the Colusium kind of really depressed me. Not as bad as the Pyramids, but still pretty bad.
I agree. Change is needed in the structure of our government. The system is too complicated when it doesn’t need to be. Designed to protect the greed and corruption that’s so abundant on both sides of the aisle. Look at the tax code. Thousands upon thousands of pages that are written in such a way that it can be interpreted different ways. Written in a language that is designed to be understood by those that have degrees in such matters. A simple system where taxes are paid to support gov’t services for the people doesn’t need to be like this. If there needs to be tax breaks then it’s a bad system. Occupations such as Attorneys and the whole insurance industry to name a few are riddled with scam after scam that are considered legal. The medical industry is the same. Greed and corruption rule the world. We desperately need change.
RG I like a consumption tax. The rich would pay when they consume and the poor who do not work would have to also contribute. Tax laws today punish only us in the middle. If one wants to be more humane, they could allow for a tax deduction for food whereas everyone gets the same monetary amount deduction
Slight correction: the leader of the caliph in Islam was to be elected according to Sunni Muslims. Shi'a muslims believe it should come from prophet Muhammad's family. So the early leaders ( from 632-661) were indeed appointed based on their skills and leadership; not just their relationship to Muhammad.
4:36 The fall of Rome didn't strengthen Christianity as the video says. On the contrary. The Romans had abandoned their traditional gods for Christianity. The fall of Rome was commonly seen in the era as the revenge of the traditional gods over the Christian god.
@Goh Modley Ancient Astronauts is definitely the answer. The Vid is painting the Narrative that Rome was somehow weak before invasion, yet they were still strong enough to control other territories far off. Makes no sense. Something Greater came & ended them just like the Mayans.
Read City of God by Augustine and that was the orthodox and commonly held view of those who wrote about it, Rome had to fallen under it's own accord while Christianity survived beyond it's existence and borders. This pagan revisionism is nothing but modern novelty that was cold dead in the fall of the western Empire.
Why do you tell the story like it was outsiders who converted to Christianity and then sacked Rome. Rome converted to Christianity almost en masse and then proceeded to deteriorate over 100 years until it fell. This is such a weird telling of history - the framing.
@@christiandauz3742 I'm not disputing that some of those who sacked Rome were Christians, but this guy makes it out like Rome itself wasn't Christian - like it was still predominantly polytheistic in terms of the religion Roman citizens identified with. This is completely misleading.
@@tmcleanful That's the trick with scientific publications: you just need to change a word here and there and the overall sense completely changes and unless you were previously aware of the facts themselves, you are misled to a total different conclusion.
Hey,I agree with you there too...Christianity wasn't forced on Rome...It had been thriving for a long while...but definitely it was brought to the masses by Constantine(the first modern Emperor)and,yes the declined of the Roman Empire ensued...but,because it ceased to be a military 🪖 power...but,most of the rest was chronologically accurate...
Where does this "Dark ages wasn't dark" meme come from? Seems like something some academic made up to say "ACKCHYUALLY" Obviously the western culture took a huge step down.
Why say "The Prophet" as though it's a known fact lol? Do you believe him to be an actual prophet? Do objective historians refer to Jesus as "The Saviour" or "The Son of God" lol?
Rome fell in 476. That's the 5th century, not the 4th. Also, the Germanic tribes that sacked Rome were NOT Christian. Your chronology is way off. Christianity had been the official religion of the Roman Empire going back to Constantine over a century earlier.
I always thought it was weird how we went from Rome to Medieval times, I feel like the Romans were more civilized and inventive than the annoying Lords that came centuries after
Mussolini sent his troops to do an archaeological dig in southern Italy. They found I forget what now but it would never have been found if he didn't do it.
@@cb9996 true and another fun fact, the song whistle while you work, there is at least a version of it that goes "whistle while you work. Hitler is a jerk. Mussolini bit his... And now it doesn't work." Mussolini got perhaps more than he deserved.
I believe that the Dark Ages is a perfect name for this time. First of all, it is a reference to the lack of direct written evidence from that time, which remains a fact. Also, there was a major decline in literacy, mathematics, engineering (except, perhaps, in metallurgy), urban planning (as in: there wasn't any). After reading dozens of books and listening to numerous lectures, I am MORE convinced that the Dark Ages should be called "The Dark Ages".
And don't forget that during the Dark Ages much of Western Knowledge was preserved and even extended by the Islamic Empire. Hence, the word "algebra" is derived from Arabic. From my reading, this formerly Western Knowledge was reintroduced via the Islamic Empire back into Western Culture during the Renaissance. This break in continuity in Western Knowledge rightfully makes the name Dark Ages justified. But overpaid professors sheltered in the Ivory Towers of Academia do need something controversial once in a while to justify their existence, so the trivial argument of whether the Dark Ages were really all that "dark" probably kept at least several otherwise flagging academic careers alive.
I was thinking the same thing. Dark Ages does not sound like a bad name for this time. Limited written records, a lot of war and upheaval. It was certainly a darker age than what came before or after.
@@hydrolifetech7911 Egyptian history was forgotten during this period including how to read the hyroglypths (the Romans and Greeks knew and were familiar with Egyptian history) and Roman concrete wasn't preserved under the Muslims either. Also the more recently discovered Archimedes Palimpsest contained lost knowledge that wasn't preserved by Muslims either, in fact the formula and proof for the volume of a cylindrical wedge was credited to Kopernicus during the Renaissance, however Archimedes had already known this but we only recently found this out from X Raying recycled parchments.
Everything you wrote here is complete horse shit. If you actually read anything at all you wouldn't have embarrassed yourself. BTW, if you read books and heard lectures, why don't you cite them here?
Exactly, people that talk about history always label “Christians” when in reality it was the Roman Catholics which are a completely different thing then Christian’s when in its core meaning is to be a follower of Christ.
The dark ages is before the white supremacy dominance, once the Spanish Europeans was able to challenge the dark people and defeat the Moors in Granada Spain 1492 ;and 1492 is when the now a day school curriculum starts with Columbus who sailed from granada 1492,,,no coincidence,the Pequot war has been ripped from the page of history, but the battle is not lost , they took them from America to Bermuda because we couldn't be controlled
The 4th century is 300-399. You just said rome fell in 476, that's the 5th century. Also it's very misleading to say that Rome fell in 476. That was the last emperor of Rome, Roman way of life continued on very close to normal for much if the empire until just before the Justinian wars in the 530s nearly 60 years later. I'm not going to finish this video, too many misleading facts.
I think the Goths are unfairly associated with the fall of Rome. They were just a particular tribe that early on proved adaptive more warlike than other barbarian tribes. This was not the case in Iberia as they had become totally civilized after a point and lost their customs, which wouldn't reemerge until the Reconquest. The Goths early had developed their own written language based on Greek and their runes and had developed their own branch of Christianity. When they sacked Rome, they were Christian and were not abusive towards the Roman peoples. Look at the story of Alaric and it's difficult not to take his side in the matter. And when they conquered Rome (from primarily other Germanic tribes) they encouraged Roman values and culture among Romans and invested great time and resources to see its continuation. More so it was other Germanic tribes like the Franks and Lombards who capitulated to the Church at every turn, especially by the time you get to Charlemagne, these were the illiterate barbarians who caused the dark ages. Not the Goths.
Alaric was the first to sack Rome, but he wasn't the last. I believe that the official fall of Rome came with the exile of Rome's emperor and no heir. Alaric was for sure played multiple times by the Roman emperor, and I don't blame him for taking the city down.
The Goths didn't change his clothes. In fact, during the Visigothic Kingdom in Iberia, they still wore the red cape associated with the Goths, and it was tied by a goth red eagle. Related to Christianity, they wanted to be accepted by Romans, so they 'converted' but the goth people worshipped the germanic gods. In fact, Alaric I was buried by the germanic rite. Besides, headless horses have been found in Visigothic tombs in Spain, which means they still performed germanic rites and it's the same kind of rite found in scandinavia
Deference today is a fall of US would probably create a nuclear holocaust…… why not, if you are losing control… end it for everyone. Not a good thing but very possible.
Your life matters, the message of the Bible is that Jesus Christ, the son of God was willingly punished for the evilness of humanity. He loved you so much that He was willing to die a horrible, brutal death. He was punished instead of us. But the only way to actually be forgiven and make His sacrifice effective in your life, is by believing in Him and trusting that His sacrifice was for you. Do so, and you will have eternal life. God loves you and so do I, God bless you.
It's *BC & AD* For Before Christ & After Death The Catholic Church invented the modern calendar we use today. We should continue to use their terminologies. Especially since the before and after dates are the same coinciding with Jesus Christ's death. This wouldn't even be a debate if we were using a Muslim or Chinese calendar
Leonie Jazz, $100k says you don’t have a clue…and I’ll even give you three guesses. YOUR personal bias is being pretty clearly displayed though, so by all means keep going.
The trial of Pope Formosus and the Cadaver Synod occurred during the Dark Ages - read about that event and tell me if you can still say that those countries were not characterized by excessive superstition and ignorance. The title "Dark ages" is well deserved by the Western European countries of this period
Facts. It’s like what happened with the disbanding of the knights Templar. That whole story blows my mind with how ruthlessly people behaved based on religious insanity
I liked everything, except the CE reference. If an event happened that wasn’t BCE, there’s no need to say CE. It’s extremely arbitrary, since we don’t add “CE” to, say, 1763.
The term known as the Middle Ages is synonymous with the Dark Ages for several reasons as the period between 500-1500 A.D. included political turmoil, social unrest and the spread of disease. SOUND FAMILAR ?
No it's practically a continuous holocaust they are at the churches with the stuff they don't even know who built them I like to belive the roman empire were straightedge labour warriors and they say its the best that sounds about right
let's get real, the level of science, philosophy, thought, architecture, and art during the dark ages in europe was well below that of the classical period.
Rome never fell. “Dark ages” is 100 percent secularist propaganda heavily biased and meant to discredit Christianity during the enlightenment period and by the governments attempting to rid themselves of the church influence. This is just factual and everyone should be honest about the blatant anti Christian bias whether or not you believe in it. Historical accuracy is important
I should say that Rome didn’t fall until much later, in the East it was when Constantinople was sacked by the ottomans and in the west they gradually drifted away
@@JA-jx1hk You are quite right. Modern unbiased historians should subscribe to the views you describe succinctly. There was nothing dark about this period. The Church not only survived fifth century but it’s importance increased vastly, among others thugs it provided cultural continuity, the responsibility Rome all but abdicated. Sadly, the video is silent about all these fascinating transitions and therefore rather superficial.
@@pawelpap9 yeah, especially when you consider Western Europe was basically still a bunch of tribes that Rome couldn’t control at that point, and it was through the church and Christianity that they were ultimately unified and made nations
@@brindlebucker4741 you will come and go but Christ will remain and you will one day stand before him ... only one question will be asked ... what did you do with me ?
@@brindlebucker4741 You scoff now but one day, when it is too late, every knee, including yours, will bow before Christ and every tongue including yours will confess Him as the Christ. So sad for you because then it will be too late for you to do anything about your eternal punishment.
That is not the Nicene Creed you pictured at 4:11. You have pictured not only the later expanded Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed, but also with the additional modification of the filioque, which was not part of the ecumenical councils of Nicea or Constantinople. I applaud your efforts, as long as people don't take any of it as authoritative and do their own research.
To sum up the video: dark ages doesn’t mean a “dark age” it’s really just the early Middle Ages after the fall of Rome. Different tribes were fighting over land. Islam was founded in this era. The migration period spread different cultures through Europe and the Middle East. Charlemagne conquered a lot of Europe. “Vikings” came in the centuries to follow
@@Sancho_nxt_door No it definitely doesn't. The only part of Europe that the Moors ruled was Iberia. The name 'Dark Ages' refers to the lack of new literature, art and sophistication compared to the time of the vibrant antiquity that preceeded it.
@@johkupohkuxd1697 Sir respectfully you are incorrect. The Moors ruled Spain, and almost all of Europe. Would you like me to insert the sources this time. Where do you think the the Architectural design of Spain comes from.
No, The early medieval period is called the Dark Ages metaphorically, not literally - the Light of Rome had gone out, knowledge and civilisation supported by Rome was swept away in what was essentially religious fundamentalism (by our experiential standards). That is why the next period (the later medieval period, transitioning into the early 'modern' age) was called The Renaissance, the re-emergence of the 'light' (knowledge, humanism and the resultant reduction of the christian church's stranglehold on society essentially.
01:24 sounds scarily familiar if we dont live in a downfall, i dont know what else infighting, petty ambitions and greed are the pillars on which our society exists today. probably not for long tho
The Roman economy collapsed in the 3rd century and it was basically chaos after that. Hyperinflation, the military infiltrated with mercenaries, then military collapse and the cities left vulnerable.
Actually, what happened in 325 CE during council of nacae is quite the opposite than what he said. The roman emperor abolished the PASSOVER of the New covenant that Jesus established.
No it doesn't. The Moors never ruled Europe at all the holy Roman empire ruled Europe at that time. The Moors ruled different parts of the Iberian peninsula at different times and the last two centuries held only Granada. The outdated term dark ages was used by scholars biased to the Roman empire and characterised the period as being marked By a scientific economic and cultural decline. Which is why we have the phrase to be kept in the dark. Get an education and stop embarrassing yourself
The reason why this period is rightly called the Dark Ages is explained well in the video, despite insisting its not. More than half the video is spent describing life in classical antiquity with the remaining half explain why the actual time period wasn't classical antiquity. There just isn't that much recorded during that time of real note other than heavily biased Christian writings. People scavenged the great ruins of architectural wonders and engineering achievements of the Roman empire to grab enough materials to try to survive, vaguely recognizing that something or some people truly great had preceded them. The cultural echos of that Western European belief of a superior people who achieved mysterious and almost magical technological things and lived in fabulous wealth in a time before you, more or less perpetuates in fairy tales, stories and video games. It must have been incredibly frustrating to be reduced to farming failing and diseased grain crops and dying by age 30 for generation after generation and being told stories blown out of proportion trying to explain the ruins of the giant aquaduct your family was living under in a tent...
You make a good point and observation of a fallacy perpetrated by European academics reading far into remains, unable to match hypothesis, with hard evidence of a preceding civilization before Giza or Machu Pichu. The Egyptians and the Inca could not have possibly stone carved to perfection the structures they built despite the overwhelming archeological finds of tools of the period telling us how they did it s just one example of the political propaganda made of human history.
4 more facts to insert: 1. There were 2 'Dark Ages' in world history. This was the second. 2. What is a 'Dark Age'? A dark age can happen at anytime, whenever humanity hits a crucial roadblock. Examples: 'the black plague', wars, a giant meteor hitting the earth. Basically, anything that knocks mankind back a few hundred years from progress. 3. Must mention the four great libraries of the ancient world were all mysteriously burned down after Odoacer the Germanic King and his barbarian horde ransacked Rome in 476 ad. The libraries were located in Milan, Rome, Carthage, and Alexandria Egypt.(Losing Greek teachings, history, Plato and Aristotle's writings, etc.) plebians were uneducated, left dumb, even most kings and queens could not read or write afterward. Had to depend on the clergy. 4. The Roman Western empire collapsed in 476 ad. but it lasted another 1000 years in the Eastern EmpIre. (In Constantinople, Turkey).In the western half the language was Latin, in the Eastern half they spoke Greek. * As an extra thought: The Holy Roman Empire basically transitioned into The Holy Roman Catholic Church.
The aquaducts fell into disuse, and were quarried in order to fashion rough housing. Wells came more into use and there are certain things you can do with aquaducts that you can't do with wells. Like create fountains or Roman style bath houses
it's incredibly scary to see how similar the fall of rome is to the current state of western democracies in 2022.
Hugely wealthy nobles and elites leading everyone to the destruction of their culture is a staple of history. "I have the money to push my agenda" has been the reason for EVERY single setback in human history. Whether by war or just societial slide, it has happened in every society that fell. Note how trans rights are above straight women in sports, and massively increased minority roles in any movie, show, or commercial. Take any commercial in the US, there's no White males, despite them being the majority in the country. It's a dedicated plan by the currently uber-wealthy to divide people to make them more slave-like. Peasants fight peasants, while the super rich watch and get more from their investments.
Except that their militaries and emperor were controlled by barbarians and ours are still controlled by Americans.. The reasons they were defeated is because their whole military was made up of people from everywhere except Italian peninsula.. which had no affiliation to Rome so they did what they wanted.. No organization.. the US isn't even close to that.. were still by far the strongest military and economy
I said this about the United States.
Especially if you also include leftist Identity politics and trans rights etc, it happened around the fall of many civilizations.
@@Jimjon24 aah yes transgenders, definitely the harbingers of the end of western civilization
Rome fell in 476, which would be the 5th century, not the 4th
Thanks for catching that.
I was going to post that, and I saw that you already did.
The Red Dead Redemption Font made me click, not at all disappointed.
Looks like ahs too
The thumbnail looks like The Witchers' castle from the show, that got me to click lol
Me too lol
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Mac Den ... yes and yup
Late Rome sounds a lot like the USA right now. Petty infighting, Greed, mistrust, all of it perfectly echoed. I'd say US has less than 100 years also
You. Read. My. Mind!!!
I intended on posting the same thing and I agree with you 100%.
The US empire has about 100 years left.
@@bigtreesfall it happened before 🤔🤔🤔😐
It's about time someone started to talk about our current times!!! Thanks for taking the time effort and bravery to do so!
Average Life expectancy in the Dark ages was early twenties. We have it Good now days!
@@Brian-vn2pe 👑 says what am I to you
@@Brian-vn2pe We have it far from good
@@Benjamin-1776 how would you know?
@@Benjamin-1776 You have it better than any people in the entire history of mankind.
It’s crazy to think, in the future we will be just casually mentioned in a brain video (probably) as an empire that ruled a place for 250 years only to talk about what more significant nation came after us.
The "Dark Ages" term is not a misnomer. It started off with at least a year of ash blocking out the sun (probably from Krakatoa), followed by a decade of relative worldwide darkness and coldness due to volcanic eruptions and climate change. For the next 500 years, this would be later known as the Little Ice Age, while hundreds of millions were ravaged by plague, malnutrition and starvation as better nourished invaders repeatedly looted them for their last remaining sustenance. Many believed this really was the first glimpse of the apocalypse, hence the scientific backtracking of society... and were they wrong? Hardly. If you think that sucks, just wait until Yellowstone blows :D
Were you there?
@@Solid_Jackson I WAS, ever heard of the great conquerer nebresser along with his brother kerb nefres ofcourse you haven't because i used my founding Titan powers to wipe your memories
@@nebresser9440 😂
FUCKING THANK YOU someone said it
All of which is true but not pertinent. That is not the reason the Dark ages was so named. The expression Dark Ages was originally used to describe a paucity of information about the period.
I like the video but I believe 476 is actually the 5th century, many people make this mistake but if you think about it it makes sense. from 0 - 100 C.E. is the 1st century, 100 -200 is second, 200 - 300 is the 3rd, 300-400 is the 4th, and finally 400- 500 is the 5th, just a small mistake there, hope this helps and thanks for videos like this
there is no 100 CE it is 100 A.D.
@@mynamemylastname7179 Yes there is. CE stands for Common Era.
BCE = before common era
It is the secular way of notation. Most historians now use that notation.
AD (anno domini) = CE
BC = BCE
Yes... that is why we call 1900-2000 the 20th century and so on. I hear many teachers and friends of mine saying the wrong thing. They say that the 20th century is 2000-2100 and so on. And we all know it is not true.
Yes, the year 476 is in the 5th century. It's not a small mistake, it's actually a very big one!
Can't get used to the term "CE" and I'm not that old. I don't like it at all. Who TF decided to change it, and why?
The purpose of that is to repeal the acceptance of the birth of Christ as the center factor of history, as has been the case for the last 1500 years. In order to create a new world, you have to destroy the old one first. It is the cancelling of Christ, and the removal of His name from as many aspects of life as possible.
@@XxowendanxX People decided there was no need to build our historical timeline references around the birthdate of an individual whose literal existence is only believed by a specific group of the world's worshippers.
Been changed for decades - CE and BCE. I guess 'pre and post magical zombie birth date' seemed too long ;)
Pathetic excuse by numpties (I am not referring to the commentators on here). I am an atheist but I still accept AD and BC as reference points. They have been good enough all these years.
Political Correctness gone mad.
The idea that the sack of Rome by Christian Germanic tribes showed Christianity to be stronger than paganism is very questionable. Paganism had already been outlawed in Rome by this time and pagans persecuted. Also, the Germanic tribes followed a different form of Christianity that was denounced by the Roman church.
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@@v1nce826 Whatever man. I think it's time to pass on the spliff 😁
You are attacking a strawman argument and false claims. Only the Visigoths were Arians. Other Germanic Tribes who led to the decline of Western Rome were Pagans. Also for your kind information there were Greco-roman pagans even as late as 804 AD. The outlawing wasn't strictly implemented. There were pagans even in the Imperial court even during the 5th century when western Rome Fell. And why did you conveniently leave out the biggest contributer to the fall of Western Rome-Attila and the Huns who ravaged and massacred across europe leading to a huge population decline in Western Rome. Atiila and the Huns who were Hardcore Pagans? Was it against your narrative?
@@alangervasis Firstly, I don't have a narrative.
I was answering a specific claim made in the video, not expounding on the various attacks on the Roman empire or on the general conflict between Christianity and paganism.
What you said is accurate but it has no relevance to my original comment, which was to counter the idea that the success of 'Christian' Germanic tribes showed the relative strength of Christianity versus paganism.
I made no mention of Atilla or the non-Arian Germanic tribes because they were not relevant to the claim made in the video.
I would also point out that whilst paganism undoubtedly survived in the Roman empire, my statement that paganism had been outlawed and that persecution of the pagans had taken place was factually correct.
As you introduced two non-sequiturs, I wonder if my accurate comment ran counter to your narrative? 😁
Have a great day.
@@Outspoken.Humanist good response, my dude
Such fascinating audio. So easy to follow. Thank you
When religion held humanity back.
Did that ever really change?
The main reason Charlemagne’s empire didn’t survive for long after his death was because Frankish custom at that time called for the land of a deceased Frankish head of household to be equally shared among all surviving sons. Charlemagme had three surviving sons, resulting in his empire being broken up into three roughly equal-sized kingdoms.
What is this bro
Charlemagne had 1 surviving son and his empire went in its totality to him - Ludvic. You are confusing him with this son, who indeed had 3 surviving sons for whom the empire was divided.
@@RuiFeio90 I stand corrected. Thanks!
@@jonluc91j Its called learning the smart way and explaining the smart way.
good conversation, correction, acceptance, we all learn. thanks.
Fascinating content! Your writing is exceptional and you clearly have great talent for story telling! You’re a big inspiration to me as a new history channel. Perhaps we can collaborate one day? Keep up the great work! ⭐️
Thanks man! Yes for sure, you too!
@@CaptivatingHistory
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is it DARK AGES or MIDDLE AGES??
@@mrboo3049 The Dark Ages is the early Middle Ages, until about 1000 C.E.
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what is. CE?🤔
Christianity and its hold on sciences literacy etc etc set us back the entire time
why are so many events thats happened after death of christ written as BCE , shouldnt it be AD ......im confused
What is your definition of "progress" and "decline"? If you were a slave in Europe, the "Dark Ages" was the beginning of the end of being a slave in the European Continent. Maritime sciences continued to progress during the "Dark Ages" and neither the Muslims nor the Chinese ever really caught up to the head start the Romans gave Europe in all things Naval. They other thing that is often forgotten is that during the "Dark Ages" Europeans started to push the boundaries of what could be built with stone.....and some of the great Cathedrals were even started in this period. So if you like giant Cathedrals, the development of maritime technology and the elimination of slavery and beginning of concepts such as constitutions and limiting the absolute power of monarchs, there was plenty of progress during the "so-called Dark Ages". Yes Europe was fragmented politically, but this proved to be a very short-term handicap. The idea that Europe "declined" during this age is entirely a matter of historical narrative...often driven by contemporary political sentiments. Specifically comparing a "declined" Europe to a "Thriving" Muslim world is Orientalism at it's best. Why do we never say that the Mongols overtook Europe? Conquering equals not overtaking. While the Mongols and Muslims built empires of conquest, plunder and slavery, Europeans built ships, Cathedrals and shared political power structures. Seeing that 1/3 of all people in the Roman Empire were slaves, I would gladly trade their splendor and efficient administration for life as a backwater peasant during the Dark Ages.
"While the Mongols and Muslims built empires of conquest, plunder and slavery, Europeans built ships, Cathedrals, and shared political power structures" This made me laugh about how little people know about Muslims
8:25 "...became spain" AND PORTUGAL, these guys making these videos are so ignorat.
I just returned from a trip to Rome. The history is fascinating. This is great stuff you have made
It's such an amazing city. Between the Renaissance Spanish Steps to what's left of the old Roman ruins, it's filled to the brim with our history. Although the state of the Colusium kind of really depressed me. Not as bad as the Pyramids, but still pretty bad.
1:25 - Sounds like the United States today. Seriously.
I agree. Change is needed in the structure of our government. The system is too complicated when it doesn’t need to be. Designed to protect the greed and corruption that’s so abundant on both sides of the aisle. Look at the tax code. Thousands upon thousands of pages that are written in such a way that it can be interpreted different ways. Written in a language that is designed to be understood by those that have degrees in such matters. A simple system where taxes are paid to support gov’t services for the people doesn’t need to be like this. If there needs to be tax breaks then it’s a bad system. Occupations such as Attorneys and the whole insurance industry to name a few are riddled with scam after scam that are considered legal. The medical industry is the same. Greed and corruption rule the world. We desperately need change.
RG I like a consumption tax. The rich would pay when they consume and the poor who do not work would have to also contribute. Tax laws today punish only us in the middle. If one wants to be more humane, they could allow for a tax deduction for food whereas everyone gets the same monetary amount deduction
I love this kinda stuff, I do t know why, but my brain has always just craved knowledge like this!!!!
Slight correction: the leader of the caliph in Islam was to be elected according to Sunni Muslims. Shi'a muslims believe it should come from prophet Muhammad's family.
So the early leaders ( from 632-661) were indeed appointed based on their skills and leadership; not just their relationship to Muhammad.
4:36 The fall of Rome didn't strengthen Christianity as the video says. On the contrary. The Romans had abandoned their traditional gods for Christianity. The fall of Rome was commonly seen in the era as the revenge of the traditional gods over the Christian god.
@Goh Modley explain
@Goh Modley I would.Well maybe.Please explain I want to hear more aswell.
I see your point, yet you must understand, today's Christianity is both infused and practiced with their deities still involved.
@Goh Modley Ancient Astronauts is definitely the answer. The Vid is painting the Narrative that Rome was somehow weak before invasion, yet they were still strong enough to control other territories far off. Makes no sense. Something Greater came & ended them just like the Mayans.
Read City of God by Augustine and that was the orthodox and commonly held view of those who wrote about it, Rome had to fallen under it's own accord while Christianity survived beyond it's existence and borders. This pagan revisionism is nothing but modern novelty that was cold dead in the fall of the western Empire.
CE=AD for the non secular.
Why do you tell the story like it was outsiders who converted to Christianity and then sacked Rome. Rome converted to Christianity almost en masse and then proceeded to deteriorate over 100 years until it fell. This is such a weird telling of history - the framing.
The Visigoths that sacked Rome were Arian Christians
The book Lest Darkness Fall + Apothesis of Martin Padway is about preventing the Dark Ages
@@christiandauz3742 I'm not disputing that some of those who sacked Rome were Christians, but this guy makes it out like Rome itself wasn't Christian - like it was still predominantly polytheistic in terms of the religion Roman citizens identified with. This is completely misleading.
@@tmcleanful That's the trick with scientific publications: you just need to change a word here and there and the overall sense completely changes and unless you were previously aware of the facts themselves, you are misled to a total different conclusion.
Rome didnt "fall" it was sold to the otomans by the roman nobility they moved North to lombardia
Hey,I agree with you there too...Christianity wasn't forced on Rome...It had been thriving for a long while...but definitely it was brought to the masses by Constantine(the first modern Emperor)and,yes the declined of the Roman Empire ensued...but,because it ceased to be a military 🪖 power...but,most of the rest was chronologically accurate...
Where does this "Dark ages wasn't dark" meme come from?
Seems like something some academic made up to say "ACKCHYUALLY"
Obviously the western culture took a huge step down.
Why say "The Prophet" as though it's a known fact lol? Do you believe him to be an actual prophet? Do objective historians refer to Jesus as "The Saviour" or "The Son of God" lol?
Rome fell in 476. That's the 5th century, not the 4th. Also, the Germanic tribes that sacked Rome were NOT Christian. Your chronology is way off. Christianity had been the official religion of the Roman Empire going back to Constantine over a century earlier.
I always thought it was weird how we went from Rome to Medieval times, I feel like the Romans were more civilized and inventive than the annoying Lords that came centuries after
The fall of the main organized civilization holding things together tends to have that effect, lol.
Religion was invented when the first con-man met the first sucker. Mark Twain
I heard that Mussolini wanted to revive the ancient Roman empire.
Correct.
Mussolini sent his troops to do an archaeological dig in southern Italy. They found I forget what now but it would never have been found if he didn't do it.
Mussolini was a pos dictator
@@cb9996 true and another fun fact, the song whistle while you work, there is at least a version of it that goes "whistle while you work. Hitler is a jerk. Mussolini bit his... And now it doesn't work." Mussolini got perhaps more than he deserved.
What brought humanity out from the Dark Ages? The printing press. What was the first book printed? The Bible.
The renaissance brought humanity from the dark ages
Bro its ok to use the correct term (AD) Anno Domini is Medieval Latin and means 'in the year of the Lord'
I believe that the Dark Ages is a perfect name for this time. First of all, it is a reference to the lack of direct written evidence from that time, which remains a fact. Also, there was a major decline in literacy, mathematics, engineering (except, perhaps, in metallurgy), urban planning (as in: there wasn't any). After reading dozens of books and listening to numerous lectures, I am MORE convinced that the Dark Ages should be called "The Dark Ages".
And don't forget that during the Dark Ages much of Western Knowledge was preserved and even extended by the Islamic Empire. Hence, the word "algebra" is derived from Arabic. From my reading, this formerly Western Knowledge was reintroduced via the Islamic Empire back into Western Culture during the Renaissance. This break in continuity in Western Knowledge rightfully makes the name Dark Ages justified. But overpaid professors sheltered in the Ivory Towers of Academia do need something controversial once in a while to justify their existence, so the trivial argument of whether the Dark Ages were really all that "dark" probably kept at least several otherwise flagging academic careers alive.
I was thinking the same thing. Dark Ages does not sound like a bad name for this time. Limited written records, a lot of war and upheaval. It was certainly a darker age than what came before or after.
It was the Dark Ages in Europe but not in the Middle East and Andalusia
@@hydrolifetech7911 Egyptian history was forgotten during this period including how to read the hyroglypths (the Romans and Greeks knew and were familiar with Egyptian history) and Roman concrete wasn't preserved under the Muslims either. Also the more recently discovered Archimedes Palimpsest contained lost knowledge that wasn't preserved by Muslims either, in fact the formula and proof for the volume of a cylindrical wedge was credited to Kopernicus during the Renaissance, however Archimedes had already known this but we only recently found this out from X Raying recycled parchments.
Everything you wrote here is complete horse shit. If you actually read anything at all you wouldn't have embarrassed yourself. BTW, if you read books and heard lectures, why don't you cite them here?
Missing a lot of history especially about The Moors.
The papacy persecuted the Church from 538AD-1400AD
The beginning of the reformation.
Rome's fall started the dark ages.
i highly recommend "THE GREAT CONTROVERSY BETWEEN CHRIST AND SATAN" ELLEN G.WHITE 1888 , REV.1911
Religion is the root of all trouble of humanity.
No mention here of the Catholic church killing millions for their faith!! WHY??
Exactly, people that talk about history always label “Christians” when in reality it was the Roman Catholics which are a completely different thing then Christian’s when in its core meaning is to be a follower of Christ.
Great video but your idea of “centuries” is off. The 4th century is 300-399 AD not the 400’s. This is because the 1st century is 0-99 AD.
The dark ages is before the white supremacy dominance, once the Spanish Europeans was able to challenge the dark people and defeat the Moors in Granada Spain 1492 ;and 1492 is when the now a day school curriculum starts with Columbus who sailed from granada 1492,,,no coincidence,the Pequot war has been ripped from the page of history, but the battle is not lost , they took them from America to Bermuda because we couldn't be controlled
So what I understand even clearer is that religion was created by man.
The 4th century is 300-399. You just said rome fell in 476, that's the 5th century. Also it's very misleading to say that Rome fell in 476. That was the last emperor of Rome, Roman way of life continued on very close to normal for much if the empire until just before the Justinian wars in the 530s nearly 60 years later.
I'm not going to finish this video, too many misleading facts.
This is a great video and flows nicely. 😁
So, In the Future will this be considered the "Dumb Ages?"
I think the Goths are unfairly associated with the fall of Rome. They were just a particular tribe that early on proved adaptive more warlike than other barbarian tribes. This was not the case in Iberia as they had become totally civilized after a point and lost their customs, which wouldn't reemerge until the Reconquest. The Goths early had developed their own written language based on Greek and their runes and had developed their own branch of Christianity. When they sacked Rome, they were Christian and were not abusive towards the Roman peoples. Look at the story of Alaric and it's difficult not to take his side in the matter. And when they conquered Rome (from primarily other Germanic tribes) they encouraged Roman values and culture among Romans and invested great time and resources to see its continuation. More so it was other Germanic tribes like the Franks and Lombards who capitulated to the Church at every turn, especially by the time you get to Charlemagne, these were the illiterate barbarians who caused the dark ages. Not the Goths.
So......you dress-up in dark clothes and consider yourself a goth.....
Alaric was the first to sack Rome, but he wasn't the last. I believe that the official fall of Rome came with the exile of Rome's emperor and no heir. Alaric was for sure played multiple times by the Roman emperor, and I don't blame him for taking the city down.
The Goths didn't change his clothes. In fact, during the Visigothic Kingdom in Iberia, they still wore the red cape associated with the Goths, and it was tied by a goth red eagle. Related to Christianity, they wanted to be accepted by Romans, so they 'converted' but the goth people worshipped the germanic gods. In fact, Alaric I was buried by the germanic rite. Besides, headless horses have been found in Visigothic tombs in Spain, which means they still performed germanic rites and it's the same kind of rite found in scandinavia
I know Goth tribe propaganda when I see it, you won't fool me
The main reason Rome fell is because they inflated their currency into worthlessness
In the future please stop using CE after years, that's insulting.
Please use A.D. instead
Thank you for stating what I was thinking.
So many historians in the comment section. 😂
Correction: 476 CE is the fifth century, not the fourth century (as stated at 0:33).
Caliphate never ruled over Balkans… it’s was Ottomans in Middle Ages who conquered Balkans.
This is awesome and really well done!! I love all the artwork you've included, and the info is easy to follow but also really detailed! :)
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Deference today is a fall of US would probably create a nuclear holocaust…… why not, if you are losing control… end it for everyone. Not a good thing but very possible.
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Your life matters, the message of the Bible is that Jesus Christ, the son of God was willingly punished for the evilness of humanity. He loved you so much that He was willing to die a horrible, brutal death. He was punished instead of us. But the only way to actually be forgiven and make His sacrifice effective in your life, is by believing in Him and trusting that His sacrifice was for you. Do so, and you will have eternal life.
God loves you and so do I, God bless you.
“So when Rome fell to Germanic tribes, who were Christian…” That does not sound right.
It's *BC & AD* For Before Christ & After Death
The Catholic Church invented the modern calendar we use today. We should continue to use their terminologies. Especially since the before and after dates are the same coinciding with Jesus Christ's death.
This wouldn't even be a debate if we were using a Muslim or Chinese calendar
This is an advertisement for Christianity 🙅🏻♀️
This was my take on it too. He sugar coated the whole thing with a pro-xtain view just over the line of propaganda.
Calls Muhammad a prophet.
Uses C.E. to describe the years.
“bLaTaNt ChRiStiAn PrOpAgAnDa!!”
@@brawndothethirstmutilator9848 I bet I know what your religion is
Leonie Jazz, $100k says you don’t have a clue…and I’ll even give you three guesses. YOUR personal bias is being pretty clearly displayed though, so by all means keep going.
So, the Dark Ages was the arising of this fairy tale known as Catholicism? Compelling.🤔
The trial of Pope Formosus and the Cadaver Synod occurred during the Dark Ages - read about that event and tell me if you can still say that those countries were not characterized by excessive superstition and ignorance. The title "Dark ages" is well deserved by the Western European countries of this period
Facts. It’s like what happened with the disbanding of the knights Templar. That whole story blows my mind with how ruthlessly people behaved based on religious insanity
@@wanghaf_Gl0yper That's not dark ages, that's several hundred years later
It was not.
I liked everything, except the CE reference. If an event happened that wasn’t BCE, there’s no need to say CE. It’s extremely arbitrary, since we don’t add “CE” to, say, 1763.
Great video. I liked the writing, voice over and speed. I'll sub and sit through your sponsorship sections in the future. Thanks.
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@@Thizzamajig wth lmao
Let's see if they mentioned if The dark skin Moors ruled Europe during that time.
The term known as the Middle Ages is synonymous with the Dark Ages for several reasons as the period between 500-1500 A.D. included political turmoil, social unrest and the spread of disease. SOUND FAMILAR ?
Yea. Familiar at just about every point in history. Chaos, ignorance, human fragility and irrationality are more the rule than the exception.
Yes, damn those confederate rebel traitors!
The Dark Ages explained. Anytime Christianity takes a leadership role the world goes to hell.
CE is meant to mean the same thing as AD for those , like me , who had no idea what CE is.
Sorry, I dont watch UA-cam videos thst use CE instead of AD.
Why?
@@kewpiesenseithey're pushing agenda
So basically there was this little girl Ymir...
Lmfao I’m done 😂😂😂
I expected to hear way more about the Moor’s..but yet again i wasnt. Iykyk
When I was a kid I thought the dark ages was literally dark outside
Chelsea Shamim same until I took ap euro 🤯
I thought it was like the places were dark
I thought about vampire and zombies
No it's practically a continuous holocaust they are at the churches with the stuff they don't even know who built them I like to belive the roman empire were straightedge labour warriors and they say its the best that sounds about right
They are called the dark ages because moors held the power during that time.
let's get real, the level of science, philosophy, thought, architecture, and art during the dark ages in europe was well below that of the classical period.
@Clyde Barrow there are many claims on who invented the scientific method.
Yep thanks to the christians.......they still want us to live in the dark ages
was a period were things were darker
Wouldn't 476, when Rome fell, be 5th century, not 4th?
Indeed
Rome never fell. “Dark ages” is 100 percent secularist propaganda heavily biased and meant to discredit Christianity during the enlightenment period and by the governments attempting to rid themselves of the church influence. This is just factual and everyone should be honest about the blatant anti Christian bias whether or not you believe in it. Historical accuracy is important
I should say that Rome didn’t fall until much later, in the East it was when Constantinople was sacked by the ottomans and in the west they gradually drifted away
@@JA-jx1hk You are quite right. Modern unbiased historians should subscribe to the views you describe succinctly. There was nothing dark about this period. The Church not only survived fifth century but it’s importance increased vastly, among others thugs it provided cultural continuity, the responsibility Rome all but abdicated.
Sadly, the video is silent about all these fascinating transitions and therefore rather superficial.
@@pawelpap9 yeah, especially when you consider Western Europe was basically still a bunch of tribes that Rome couldn’t control at that point, and it was through the church and Christianity that they were ultimately unified and made nations
The moors left Rome and spread across Europe like roaches
This was a great video except the woke use of CE over Anno Domini.
I'm like you- I love AD because it reminds me how stupid humanity is to believe in some nonsense like Christ being the son of a god.
And by “woke”, you mean the 1700s? Lol
@@brindlebucker4741 you will come and go but Christ will remain and you will one day stand before him ... only one question will be asked ... what did you do with me ?
@@brindlebucker4741 You scoff now but one day, when it is too late, every knee, including yours, will bow before Christ and every tongue including yours will confess Him as the Christ. So sad for you because then it will be too late for you to do anything about your eternal punishment.
@@JBM101 Christ is dead my man, died about 1 ad
The 4th beast of Daniel’s vision .
That is not the Nicene Creed you pictured at 4:11. You have pictured not only the later expanded Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed, but also with the additional modification of the filioque, which was not part of the ecumenical councils of Nicea or Constantinople. I applaud your efforts, as long as people don't take any of it as authoritative and do their own research.
There was no Byzantine Empire,…only the Roman Empire, and it was Latin and pagan. It was Greek, and Christian, and certainly NOT the dark ages.
Therefore the Council of Nicea was in effect a political convention.
To sum up the video: dark ages doesn’t mean a “dark age” it’s really just the early Middle Ages after the fall of Rome. Different tribes were fighting over land. Islam was founded in this era. The migration period spread different cultures through Europe and the Middle East. Charlemagne conquered a lot of Europe. “Vikings” came in the centuries to follow
No ma'am, the Dark ages means exactly what it says. It means when the Moors aka Black Muslims ruled Europe.
@@Sancho_nxt_door No it definitely doesn't. The only part of Europe that the Moors ruled was Iberia. The name 'Dark Ages' refers to the lack of new literature, art and sophistication compared to the time of the vibrant antiquity that preceeded it.
@@johkupohkuxd1697 Sir respectfully you are incorrect. The Moors ruled Spain, and almost all of Europe. Would you like me to insert the sources this time. Where do you think the the Architectural design of Spain comes from.
No, The early medieval period is called the Dark Ages metaphorically, not literally - the Light of Rome had gone out, knowledge and civilisation supported by Rome was swept away in what was essentially religious fundamentalism (by our experiential standards). That is why the next period (the later medieval period, transitioning into the early 'modern' age) was called The Renaissance, the re-emergence of the 'light' (knowledge, humanism and the resultant reduction of the christian church's stranglehold on society essentially.
@@Sancho_nxt_door that's not true at all.
Nice to see so many ppl viewing this video and learning about history.
01:24 sounds scarily familiar
if we dont live in a downfall, i dont know what else
infighting, petty ambitions and greed are the pillars on which our society exists today. probably not for long tho
Brilliant. Is it possible to make a similar video on what is known of African civilisations?
Catholic Dark Age: Bible kept from people until Luther.
We’re headed for a new dark ages
Tragically!😟
Sadly foreseeable
Nah. We won't let the Libs cause it.
We will die before then trust me
Rome was offically christian when it fell, not its Pagan religions; and the Germanic tribes were still Pagan when they sacked Rome
Rome fell in 476. That’s the fifth century, not the fourth. Stopped watching the video after that. 😄
Obviously a missed slip calm down Mr. perfect
The Roman economy collapsed in the 3rd century and it was basically chaos after that. Hyperinflation, the military infiltrated with mercenaries, then military collapse and the cities left vulnerable.
So funny and also sad that “gods” made up in people’s heads were such a big part of history.
This comment section makes me wonder if Jesus really should have saved any of us
Huh?
4:33 Germanic tribes where not christian in 476.
That statement is just wrong on all levels and who knows what else is in this thing.
You lost me when you startled with “CE”. I guess you don’t know history after all.
Yeah, CE bugs me , too.
I have to do freaky notes for this video
Actually, what happened in 325 CE during council of nacae is quite the opposite than what he said. The roman emperor abolished the PASSOVER of the New covenant that Jesus established.
Sir you keep mentioning CE. The correct word is AD which means. The year of Our Lord
Okay then, AD. 325 AD.
Whichever one you choose to use its still the same year.
@@ronaldmessina4229It's exactly the same google it.....
The Dark Ages referrers to the people who took over Europe at the time… The Moors
No it doesn't. The Moors never ruled Europe at all the holy Roman empire ruled Europe at that time. The Moors ruled different parts of the Iberian peninsula at different times and the last two centuries held only Granada. The outdated term dark ages was used by scholars biased to the Roman empire and characterised the period as being marked By a scientific economic and cultural decline. Which is why we have the phrase to be kept in the dark. Get an education and stop embarrassing yourself
@@IrishCinnsealach you’re emotionally replying to everyone… calm down, relax and take a deep breath kid. Hopefully you can get over this…
@@derrekw3493 no I'm credibly disproving uneducated nonsense. The only emotionally charged are people like you who can't handle the facts.
So the year this year is actually 1421 ?
Thank you!! You are spot on!!
This is revisionist at best and borderline delusional
The reason why this period is rightly called the Dark Ages is explained well in the video, despite insisting its not. More than half the video is spent describing life in classical antiquity with the remaining half explain why the actual time period wasn't classical antiquity. There just isn't that much recorded during that time of real note other than heavily biased Christian writings. People scavenged the great ruins of architectural wonders and engineering achievements of the Roman empire to grab enough materials to try to survive, vaguely recognizing that something or some people truly great had preceded them. The cultural echos of that Western European belief of a superior people who achieved mysterious and almost magical technological things and lived in fabulous wealth in a time before you, more or less perpetuates in fairy tales, stories and video games. It must have been incredibly frustrating to be reduced to farming failing and diseased grain crops and dying by age 30 for generation after generation and being told stories blown out of proportion trying to explain the ruins of the giant aquaduct your family was living under in a tent...
You make a good point and observation of a fallacy perpetrated by European academics reading far into remains, unable to match hypothesis, with hard evidence of a preceding civilization before Giza or Machu Pichu. The Egyptians and the Inca could not have possibly stone carved to perfection the structures they built despite the overwhelming archeological finds of tools of the period telling us how they did it s just one example of the political propaganda made of human history.
why are so many people religious??
4 more facts to insert:
1. There were 2 'Dark Ages' in world history. This was the second.
2. What is a 'Dark Age'?
A dark age can happen at anytime, whenever humanity hits a crucial roadblock. Examples: 'the black plague', wars, a giant meteor hitting the earth. Basically, anything that knocks mankind back a few hundred years from progress.
3. Must mention the four great libraries of the ancient world were all mysteriously burned down after Odoacer the Germanic King and his barbarian horde ransacked Rome in 476 ad. The libraries were located in Milan, Rome, Carthage, and Alexandria Egypt.(Losing Greek teachings, history, Plato and Aristotle's writings, etc.) plebians were uneducated, left dumb, even most kings and queens could not read or write afterward. Had to depend on the clergy.
4. The Roman Western empire collapsed in 476 ad. but it lasted another 1000 years in the Eastern EmpIre. (In Constantinople, Turkey).In the western half the language was Latin, in the Eastern half they spoke Greek.
* As an extra thought: The Holy Roman Empire basically transitioned into The Holy Roman Catholic Church.
Why are you using the term "CE"? What event signified the CE?
Great history. Time to watch part 2. Thanks
Romans had hot and cold runner water. Dark ages people didn't bath but once a year.
The aquaducts fell into disuse, and were quarried in order to fashion rough housing. Wells came more into use and there are certain things you can do with aquaducts that you can't do with wells. Like create fountains or Roman style bath houses
Dark ages here I come....where the earth stands still for the revolving sun!