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The "Dark Ages" are a complete myth and Europeans were far more technologically, culturally, and economically advanced and prolific than Native Americans in the

The "Dark Ages" are a complete myth and Europeans were far more technologically, culturally, and economically advanced and prolific than Native Americans in the Early Middle Ages, in spite of deurbanization and the other recessions of the time period.

mmooss 2y ago
> The "Dark Ages" are a complete myth I think you are greatly exaggerating an argument that merely attacks a strawperson: That everything was bad, etc. in the Dark Ages. The world isn't as simple as the strawperson, but the Dark Ages were pretty dark compared to ancient Rome before and, of course, the Englightenment that followed (in which, by a broader definition, we still live). > Europeans were far more technologically, culturally, and economically advanced and prolific than Native Americans in the Early Middle Ages Could you share some source to support that, where people can read more?
- suggestion 2y ago
  >First paragraph The argument posited was that Europeans during the "Dark Ages" were inferior economically and culturally to the Native Americans. There's virtually no point in history in which this was true. >Could you share some source to support that, where people can read more? The Iron Age Prolific Written Language Interstate Commerce Sophisticated Art, particularly music Prolific Agrarian societies Prolific complex architecture That's just a few examples. There's no single source, it's self evident when surveying the Early Middle Ages.
  - mmooss 2y ago
    Those are more claims; in what sources could we find support for them? Or maybe you are an historian or archaeologist? > Prolific complex architecture > Prolific Agrarian societies Those did exist in the Americas, off the top of my head, and problably others did too.
    - mmooss 2y ago
      > Or maybe you are an historian or archaeologist? I don't mean that sarcastically - maybe you have some expertise.

mmooss 2y ago

> The "Dark Ages" are a complete myth I think you are greatly exaggerating an argument that merely attacks a strawperson: That everything was bad, etc. in the Dark Ages. The world isn't as simple as the strawperson, but the Dark Ages were pretty dark compared to ancient Rome before and, of course, the Englightenment that followed (in which, by a broader definition, we still live). > Europeans were far more technologically, culturally, and economically advanced and prolific than Native Americans in the Early Middle Ages Could you share some source to support that, where people can read more?

suggestion 2y ago
>First paragraph The argument posited was that Europeans during the "Dark Ages" were inferior economically and culturally to the Native Americans. There's virtually no point in history in which this was true. >Could you share some source to support that, where people can read more? The Iron Age Prolific Written Language Interstate Commerce Sophisticated Art, particularly music Prolific Agrarian societies Prolific complex architecture That's just a few examples. There's no single source, it's self evident when surveying the Early Middle Ages.
- mmooss 2y ago
  Those are more claims; in what sources could we find support for them? Or maybe you are an historian or archaeologist? > Prolific complex architecture > Prolific Agrarian societies Those did exist in the Americas, off the top of my head, and problably others did too.
  - mmooss 2y ago
    > Or maybe you are an historian or archaeologist? I don't mean that sarcastically - maybe you have some expertise.