The fall of the Roman Empire in 476 C.E marked a turning point in world history. Multiple distinctions can be made between the period of time before the fall of the Roman Empire and the period after its fall; however, certain aspects of life and society in the area retained the status quo. Politically, the fall of the Roman Empire marked a change from an imperial monarchy to feudalism. Economically, while the Roman Empire experienced a flourishing period for trade across its territories, after its fall, medieval Europe noticed a drastic decrease in trading practices. Socially, regardless of the fall of the Roman Empire, the spread of religion, particularly Christianity, continued. Before its fall, the Roman Empire was centralized through
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Multiple aspects of human societies in the area experienced drastic changes, such as the change from an absolute monarchy during the Roman Empire to a feudal political system after its fall, or the change from a commerce based economy to a rural society based on subsistence agriculture. Although multiple differences can be found between the way society was structured before the fall of the Roman Empire and after its fall, there were things which stayed the same, one of them being the spread of Christianity. In context, it is critical to note that other empires during this time period experienced similar changes after their fall. For example, the Gupta Empire in India, after experiencing a decline and eventual collapse by the mid-sixth century C.E., endured a change from a centralized form of government before its fall to a decentralized political system after its fall. Before the fall of the Gupta Empire, Chandra Gupta had formed alliances with influential families near the Ganges region and established a dynamic kingdom as a centralized form of government; his successors, Samudra Gupta and Chandra Gupta II, had made the Magadhan the capital of their large empire. Unfortunately, by the time of its collapse, political authority devolved to invaders, local allies, and independent regional power brokers, decentralizing the government. Similar to what happened in the Mediterranean area after the fall of the Roman Empire, several states organized large regional kingdoms and tried to reestablish imperial authority but no single state was able to. From the end of the Gupta dynasty until the sixteenth century, India remained a politically divided
Multiple aspects of human societies in the area experienced drastic changes, such as the change from an absolute monarchy during the Roman Empire to a feudal political system after its fall, or the change from a commerce based economy to a rural society based on subsistence agriculture. Although multiple differences can be found between the way society was structured before the fall of the Roman Empire and after its fall, there were things which stayed the same, one of them being the spread of Christianity. In context, it is critical to note that other empires during this time period experienced similar changes after their fall. For example, the Gupta Empire in India, after experiencing a decline and eventual collapse by the mid-sixth century C.E., endured a change from a centralized form of government before its fall to a decentralized political system after its fall. Before the fall of the Gupta Empire, Chandra Gupta had formed alliances with influential families near the Ganges region and established a dynamic kingdom as a centralized form of government; his successors, Samudra Gupta and Chandra Gupta II, had made the Magadhan the capital of their large empire. Unfortunately, by the time of its collapse, political authority devolved to invaders, local allies, and independent regional power brokers, decentralizing the government. Similar to what happened in the Mediterranean area after the fall of the Roman Empire, several states organized large regional kingdoms and tried to reestablish imperial authority but no single state was able to. From the end of the Gupta dynasty until the sixteenth century, India remained a politically divided