Life Before The Dark Ages

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Even though you can fight for what you want, it is not always not the answer to everything and it’s not good for everyone. The Dark Ages was a time of killing, fight, and trying to survive, it’s rough to live in that time of day. There was also too much fighting and not enough people helping other people. And All over Europe bad things were happening because there was too much fighting.

Even though yet again Rome could've kept their ways of not fighting against other tribes, Rome could of had been settled with other tribes. Rome was attacked, robbed, and eventually taken over by barbarian tribes. because But before the fall of Rome, many tribes mixed with the people they encountered but kept their own traditions. and Also when at war, tribes

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