It's the dark ages between 'the fall of the Roman Empire' and the Renaissance, but not in a way that makes the rest of the world even more important in comparison. Until colonialism the rest of the world is just where things come from sometimes, mostly exotic trade goods and invading hordes from the East that have no history outside that invasion.
That's how European history is taught right? It's the dark ages before the Renaissance
It's the dark ages between 'the fall of the Roman Empire' and the Renaissance, but not in a way that makes the rest of the world even more important in comparison. Until colonialism the rest of the world is just where things come from sometimes, mostly exotic trade goods and invading hordes from the East that have no history outside that invasion.