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== General Notes ==

== General Notes ==

The '''Middle Ages''', also known as the Medieval period, is the period of [[Europe]]an history from the fall of the [[Roman Empire]] until the [[Renaissance]]. Historians have suggested different dates for its beginning and end. The beginning is most commonly set at the abdication of the last [[Roman Emperor|Emperor]] of the [[Roman Empire|Western Roman Empire]] in 476 AD, but the [[Visigoths|Gothic]] sack of [[Rome]] in 410 AD has also been suggested. The ending point is variously gives as the [[Ottoman]] conquest of [[Constantinople]] in 1453, the discovery of the New World by [[Christopher Columbus]] in 1492, or the Protestant [[Reformation]] in 1517. Other historians prefer a more vague periodization from 500 AD to 1500 AD, arguing that the change between epochs require a transitional period over many years, making it pointless to try to fix the change at an exact date.

The '''Middle Ages''', also known as the Medieval period, is the period of time from the fall of the [[Roman Empire]] until the [[Renaissance]]. Historians have suggested different dates for its beginning and end. The beginning is most commonly set at the abdication of the last [[Roman Emperor|Emperor]] of the [[Roman Empire|Western Roman Empire]] in 476 AD, but the [[Visigoths|Gothic]] sack of [[Rome]] in 410 AD has also been suggested. The ending point is variously gives as the [[Ottoman]] conquest of [[Constantinople]] in 1453, the discovery of the New World by [[Christopher Columbus]] in 1492, or the Protestant [[Reformation]] in 1517. Other historians prefer a more vague periodization from 500 AD to 1500 AD, arguing that the change between epochs require a transitional period over many years, making it pointless to try to fix the change at an exact date.