1. In European history, the Middle Ages, or Medieval period, lasted from the 5th to the 15th century.
2. Ir began with a collapse of the Western Roman Empire, and was followed by the Renaissance and the Ages of Discovery.
3. The Middle Ages is the middle period of the traditional division of Western history into Antiquity, Medieval, and Modern periods.
4. The period is subdivided into the Early, the High, and the Late Middle Ages.
5. Depopulation, deurbanization, and barbarian invasions, which had begun in Late Antiquity, continued in the Early Middle Ages.
6. The barbarian invaders formed new kingdoms in what remained of the Western Roman Empire.
7. In the 7th century, North Africa and the Middle East, once part of the Eastern Roman Empire, became an Islamic Empire after conquest by Muhammad's Successors.
8. Although there were substantial changes in society and political structures, the break with Antiquity was not complete.
9. The still sizable Byzantine Empire survived and remained a major power.
10. The empire's law code, the Code of Justinian, was widely admired later in the Middle Ages.
2. Ir began with a collapse of the Western Roman Empire, and was followed by the Renaissance and the Ages of Discovery.
3. The Middle Ages is the middle period of the traditional division of Western history into Antiquity, Medieval, and Modern periods.
4. The period is subdivided into the Early, the High, and the Late Middle Ages.
5. Depopulation, deurbanization, and barbarian invasions, which had begun in Late Antiquity, continued in the Early Middle Ages.
6. The barbarian invaders formed new kingdoms in what remained of the Western Roman Empire.
7. In the 7th century, North Africa and the Middle East, once part of the Eastern Roman Empire, became an Islamic Empire after conquest by Muhammad's Successors.
8. Although there were substantial changes in society and political structures, the break with Antiquity was not complete.
9. The still sizable Byzantine Empire survived and remained a major power.
10. The empire's law code, the Code of Justinian, was widely admired later in the Middle Ages.