The Medieval Ages that descended upon the Europeans following the deconstruction and devolution of the formerly grand institutions of the Roman Empire left a world darkened to the eyes of history. The world lost touch with simple concepts to a modern history student of writing, economy, culture, and government-the mainstay of that which we cannot see ourselves without-civilization. What was left of Europe was a state of chaos. In all other periods of human history …showed first 75 words of 682 total…

…showed last 75 words of 682 total…civilization that flourished were in the Byzantine Empire, and later in the Arab Caliphates. They remained centers of high culture and learning. Civilization flourished and both empires were involved greatly in trade reaching as far as the other side of the Asian continent. The Byzantines escaped the fate of their Latin cousins by maintaining a profitable economy that allowed them to pay tributes to the bordering Barbarians and that allowed for their culture to flourish.