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Originally Posted by Ustwo
There was one period of time where the 'white' nations fell behind Arab and Asian powers and that was after the fall of the Roman empire left it a mess. Prior to and since the renaissance, you would be very wrong. There is a reason we refer to them as the 'dark ages'.
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I believe the term 'Dark Age' was first coined in the 14th or 15th century (Somewhere around that time) and was used to indicate a period of social decline, stagnant technological advances and few historical records. Today the term is rarely used academically as we have a much better understanding of period between the fall of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance. ...Just saying.
Anyway, I find it funny that you mention 'leaving an area in a mess'. Did you know that the Renaissance was almost immediately followed by European colonialism? If not well... Now you know.
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Regardless there has never been a time when the black kingdoms of Africa were more advanced, unless you play revisionist history with Egypt.
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But, you see, you'd be wrong. That's okay. I forgive you. Not to deviate too much (And not to sound too... Ummm... Beligerent), but when the European invaded and conquered most African cultures, they assimilated the knowledge the knowledge they liked, claiming it as their own, and destroyed what they didn't like. While he was alive, my grandfather always said that European's set the world back a couple of hundred years. I've always found a bit of truth in that statement.
*Shrugs*
But, as we all know, history is written by the victors. So, meh, whatever.