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Early Middle Ages: The Rulers Of The Whole World

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Introduction
In Europe, Rome ruled the known world during the Early Middle Ages and arrogantly called their emperors “The Rulers of the Whole World” (Bauer, 2007, p. 5). However, a major change was about to take place and Rome was about to abandon their control to invading barbarians. The fall of Rome ushered in a period now known as the Early Middle Ages. A period historians referred to for many years as the Dark Ages because they traditionally thought the fall of the Roman Empire in 476 C.E., plunged Europe into a time of intellectual darkness and brutality (Birch, Chris, Grant, Hills, Holland, Jenkins, Longley, Macdonald, Martell, McGuire, Rowland-Entwhistle, Sparrow, & Fortna, 2012). While it appears that the decline of the Roman Empire
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