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Era 4 Overview Video (9:04)

Key Ideas

As this video progresses, key ideas will be introduced to invoke discussion.

Key Ideas

Think about the following questions as you watch the video


  1. 02:00 What does this video say happened to the Eurasian system early in this era?
  2. 03:23 What kind of quantitative evidence does the video present that suggests decline in the Roman Empire in this era?
  3. 05:00 What evidence from Tintagel points to a dark age in this community? What evidence suggests there was a recovery?
  4. 06:42 What evidence does the video present that suggests there was <strong>not</strong> a dark age across Eurasia during this period?
  5. 07:20 How does the video characterize the period after a large-scale collapse?