The Dark Ages were fine, actually — History Hijinks

Curb your Crusading – the artwork, literature, and scholarship are far more interesting.

SOURCES & Further Reading: "China: A History" by John Keay, "Byzantium" & "Sicily" & "Venice" by John Julius Norwich, Great Courses Lecture series "Foundations of Western Civilization" by Thomas F. X. Noble lectures 27 through 38: "The Emergence of the Catholic Church", "Christian Culture in Late Antiquity", "Muhammad and Islam", "The Birth of Byzantium", "Barbarian Kingdoms in the West", "The World of Charlemagne", "The Carolingian Renaissance", "The Expansion of Europe", "The Chivalrous Society", "Medieval Political Traditions I", "Medieval Political Traditions II", "Scholastic Culture".

Related videos, of which there are several:
China – https://youtu.be/1duLXXEAJeY & https://youtu.be/7Rhr6SzloRo
Muslim World – https://youtu.be/d-DWrWXAIuI & https://youtu.be/yqvmMFJQtm0
Venice – https://youtu.be/7cHK4xzAhzE
Sicily – https://youtu.be/N9aS8yy1n98
Byzantines – https://youtu.be/7LZbSbatwSg & https://youtu.be/dhsMg7C8WTc & https://youtu.be/muK7iDXR7J4
Holy Roman Empire – https://youtu.be/4BFsADb5_vY
Vikings – https://youtu.be/KK-MZLrfXk8
England – https://youtu.be/5XW0m9errMs
Ireland – https://youtu.be/RCCUEt8S61k

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