Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

Thibaudborny t1_jc2unpc wrote

Reply to comment by GOLDIEM_J in Weekly History Questions Thread. by AutoModerator

Consider one saw the widespread collapse of a larger number of settled civilizations for centuries to come, whereas the other - while basking in societal/systemic collapse & a massive deathtoll - saw the reformation of the medieval world socioeconomically and politically over the span of a few generations.

3

en43rs t1_jc3bu6w wrote

This. The late medieval crisis could maybe be compared to the late antiquity early medieval crises : fall of the Roman Empire in the west, Justinian plague, Arab conquests of the near east and Persia.

2