Rodney Stark Quote
In any event, there was no fall into Dark Ages. Instead, once freed of the bondage of Rome, Europe separated into hundreds of independent statelets.16 In many of these societies progress and increased production became profitable, and that ushered in one of the great innovative eras of mankind, as technology was developed and put into use on a scale no civilization had previously known.
Rodney Stark
In any event, there was no fall into Dark Ages. Instead, once freed of the bondage of Rome, Europe separated into hundreds of independent statelets.16 In many of these societies progress and increased production became profitable, and that ushered in one of the great innovative eras of mankind, as technology was developed and put into use on a scale no civilization had previously known.