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The Drak Ages Weren't so dark

1. -They are called "dark ages" because of the Rome bias.
- After 476 A.D, various Germanic peoples conquered the former Roman Empire in the West, shoving aside ancient Roman traditions in favor of their own.
- “Dark Ages” came from Rennesance scholars like Petrarch, who viewed ancient Greece and Rome as the pinnacle of human achievement. 
- After the dark ages, it was very unproductive.
- After the dark ages, no great art was made.

 2. - Without Rome, They lacked large kingdoms.
- The Catholic Church was the most powerful institution in Europe.
- Kings and Queens got power by a good relationship with the church
- Magna Carta limits the power of Monarchs
- The limit of power continues in the middle ages.

 3. - The dominance of the Church was what branded the period as unlightened.
- Benedict of Nursia who founded the great monastery of Montecassino.
- Benedict believes insistence that “Idleness is the enemy of the soul”
-  Benedict was a very influential monk
- Benedict's constitution eventually became the model for most Western monasteries.

 4.- In the middle ages, Europe's agricultural capabilities were limited to the south.
- The invention of the heavy plow changed their agricultural capabilities.
- The horse collar protected an animal when they were pulling heavy cargo.
- Horses were much more efficient than oxon.
-  The use of metal horseshoes had become common practice by 1000 A.D.

 5. - progress was slow and steady but efficient.
- The Islamic world helped with mathematic advancements.
- “The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing" would introduce Europe to Algebra.
- the Latinized version of al-Khwarizmi’s name gave us the word “algorithm.”

 6. - Charlemagne took spreading faith very seriously.
- Carolingian minuscule had many advancements for writing including punctuation.
- Charlemagne's legacy paved the way for many things to come such as books and school.

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