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Period: 400 to 1400
Western Roman Empire
The period of the Middle Ages is usually dated from the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the fifth century to the beginning of the Renaissance in the fifteenth century. With the demise of centralized Roman government in the West, trade, infrastructure, learning, and security declined. -
476
The Western Roman Empire
was the loss of central political control in the Western Roman Empire, a process in which the Empire failed to enforce its rule, and its vast territory was divided into several successor polities. -
1440
who created the printing press?
Created in China, the printing press revolutionized society there before being further developed in Europe in the 15th Century by Johannes Gutenberg and his invention of the Gutenberg press. -
1492
the end midgel ages
The empire was divided in two parts: the
Western Roman Empire and the Byzantine Empire.