It's not really mentioned here, but the disappearance of the Romans had a massive knock on effect that is still present today. The power vacuum created in their absence was the main cause of the church becoming a powerful governing force for the next 1000+ years. If there was something else to fill that void, a lot of countries would be vastly different today, including countries not even "discovered" in that time period, like the US.
It's not really mentioned here, but the disappearance of the Romans had a massive knock on effect that is still present today. The power vacuum created in their absence was the main cause of the church becoming a powerful governing force for the next 1000+ years. If there was something else to fill that void, a lot of countries would be vastly different today, including countries not even "discovered" in that time period, like the US.
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It's not really mentioned here, but the disappearance of the Romans had a massive knock on effect that is still present today. The power vacuum created in their absence was the main cause of the church becoming a powerful governing force for the next 1000+ years. If there was something else to fill that void, a lot of countries would be vastly different today, including countries not even "discovered" in that time period, like the US.