Fall Of Rome Essay Thesis

The fall of Rome is one of the most famous events in history of all time. Historians have debated the causes of the collapse and the implications on history. There is no doubt that the fall of Rome changed the world is dramatic ways. Stark believes, in contrast to the view of many history books, that the fall of Rome was greatly beneficial. This opinion does seem slightly foreign to me. I have always been taught that the fall of Rome was a tragedy that ended an age of innovation. Once Rome fell, Europe was throw into a time of uncertainty and backwardness. Stark disagrees completely with these theories and says that the fall of Rome created immense progress. Stark does agree that the middle ages was full is disunity. He argues that the disunity created progress not chaos. The smaller areas of civilization, as opposed to large empires, could experiment and see what was successful and what was not. Europe got to learn how to do civilization in an entirely new way. Often history illustrates the people in the north that took over what was left of Rome as barbarians and uncivilized. Stark argues that this is not the case. He says that the civilizations in northern Europe were as advanced as Rome if not more. They brought a fresh …show more content…
This can be proven through his analysis of the crusades. The Crusades are what finally united Europe again. After the Crusades, Europe was very similar to what we see it as. Colonization started and Europe began to grown in a traditional way. Generally, it is an accepted idea that religion and Christianity was what started and caused the Crusades. If the Crusades caused Europe to become united and Christianity caused the Crusades then Christianity caused Europe to become united. From the Crusades and on, Christianity has been one of the most important aspects of history, government, economics, and