The early middle ages saw countless economic and social changes due to the threats of its time: a big example of this being the economic decline of the time as well as the barbarian invasions of the time that were threatening the civilization of its time. The Roman Empire never completely bounced back from the 3rd century crisis that has caused profound economic and social changes which led to the collapse of Roman institutions and provided a model to the medieval social and economic systems. Due to the severe economic downturn of the roman empire, the traditional trade system had a complete collapse. The loss of the military power and the loss that the stranglehold that the Roman Empire had, the slave trade was almost utterly destroyed, crippling
