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Originally posted by Discharge
Whoa fella, thats some in-correct history, the Vikings were not as civilize as the Romans. It took many years for euorpe to return to a more civilize era. Its why they called the middle ages the "Dark Ages." Rome fell because it was cut into two. They moved the captial to the eastern and all the trading went. Eastern Roman Empire survive [Can't remember the actualy spelling.(Byzantine )]The Western Empire fell to the Germanic tribes.
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#1 I never said they were as civilized as the Romans O_o... I stated that the Viking fall was the CAUSE of the modernization and cilivation of the Normandy Vikings. The Vikings always attacked the Franks, The Franks paid them off but the Vikings came back for more... therefore the Franks gave the Vikings the providence of Normandy... From there the Vikings made a new language, converted to Christianity, and soon lost every Norse cultural knowledge. From there the Normans conquered England and other surrounding nations.
And It is true... The Vikings were more civilized then the Romans at the end. The United State's Court system was made by the Vikings, English was influnced by the Vikings, nearly everything in America's start... was influnced by the Vikings. Rome didn't have an impact on the world more then the Vikings did.
And Rome fell to Visi-goths from Germania.... not because of a split... The Split did weaken the Western Empire... but it didn't make it fall.
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Originally posted by Discharge
And then the Ottoman empire falls too.
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Ottoman Empire fell durning/after World War 1... which is a LONG time for a nation to survive... since the dawn of Rome (Empire) to the start of World War One.