Why did Europe enter a dark age after the fall of the Roman Empire?

Europe entered the Middle Ages, or dark ages, after the fall of the Roman Empire because of many reasons. One, there was no central government anymore, and people were living on their own with no aspect of control. Another was that there was a lot of war and invading, especially in the U.K. The eastern part of Europe, the Byzantine Empire, actually lasted 1,000 years longer than the Roman Empire and prospered pretty well.

Europe entered the dark ages because Barbarians were invading from the northeast in groups like Visigoths, Vandals, and Huns. They destroyed Roman buildings, pieces of art, and very few people carried along the Roman culture. Not many could read except for those in the monasteries. There was less writing, near to no education, and less trade. There were many leaders around Europe which caused wars against feudal manors.

The corruption, lack of army vigour, and the lacking of christianity standards did. But to be more technical, i might say Christianity is not the soul rationale for the decline of the Roman empire, however it is very fundamental to the autumn as well. Christianity itself is not bad, it's just that humans had been making use of it badly. Utilising the christian ideas( going to heaven, hearken to the clergymen or the pope) the romans began to withdrew their loyalty toward the empire itself. It's proper that the romans have been doing very good earlier than Christianity used to be introduced in, and there are two reasons. 1). Navy force is powerful. 2) strong kings. Three) the religion they'd before was once less strict. So yes, Christianity is likely one of the motives for the Romans to fall into the darkish a long time but no, it is not the center soul intent.

It didn't. Historians don't really use the term "dark ages" any more. The idea that Europe went to hell in a handbasket after the "fall of Rome" is based on the mistaken idea that Roman civilization was somehow better or more noble or something than the civilizations that displaced it. If you read historical journals like the Journal of Late Antiquity you'll find that quite a bit was going on in Europe after the 5th century CE; it wasn't "dark" at all.

A Frenchman named Voltaire gives the reason in the article that the below web link takes you to.

Scroll down 6 paragraphs to get the answer to your question.

http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2006480?q=dark+...