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pqtywyesterday at 10:43 PM1 replyview on HN

There was a collapse though. The plague, climate change and warfare lead to significant population declines. Especially in Italy.


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lurk2yesterday at 11:42 PM

You are referring to the Black Death and that didn’t occur until around 350 years after the end of what are colloquially known as the Dark Ages.

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