The Germanic Kingdoms.

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The middle ages, also known as the medieval era, was the era succeeding the reign of the Roman Empire. This era lasted for nearly a thousand years form 476 to 1453.

This new society is an amalgamation of the old Roman customs and traditions, customs of the Germanic tribes, and the Religion known as Christianity.

During the fifth century, the Roman Empire was in shambles, on their last knee. They were just about done to put it lightly, especially when they were being invaded by Germanic tribes whom their measly leftovers of an army couldn't handle anymore. As a result of the invasions, law broke down and the rides were no longer safe to travel. This led to a lack of trade routes and so the trading industry broke down. Without trade, there were hardly any jobs available in cities, and so the citizens began leaving the cities to find work in rural areas, farming and working the land.

During this time, culture also began to kind of reverse in an evolutionary sense. Instead of getting smarter as we had been for thousands of years, the average human being in Europe became dumber. Most people didn't know how to read an write, a skill common and essential in the old Roman Empire. Those who could write were usually priests and nuns, as they had to read scripture and copy books. Average people told stories through the classic way of oral tradition. around this time the romance languages began to develop as well. France, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese.

In the beginning of this era, there was no central government. A lord would own a large chunk of land in which a few hundred people would work and live. He would hire soldiers and they would basically be their own little country. There were hundreds of these, not united by any king.

There was an exception though, as Clovis ruled the Germanic people of Gaul, known today as France. During a battle in 496, him and 3000 of his soldiers convert to Christianity. The Roman Catholic Church thinks this is awesome. By 511 the Franks are united into one Kingdom.

Pretty Cool.