Europe
The Postclassical Era is the period of Western history, between 500 and 1500 CE, following the fall of the classical empires in the Mediterranean region, namely the Roman Empire. In European history, the Postclassical Era coincides with and is more commonly known as the Middle Ages.
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Famous quotes containing the word europe:
“Of one thing I can assure you with comparative certainty, whoever wins, Europe will be economically ruined. This war is America’s great opportunity.”
—John Dos Passos (1896–1970)
“riding flatcars to Fresno,
Across the whole country
Steep towns, flat towns, even New York,
And oceans and Europe & libraries & galleries
And the factories they make rubbers in”
—Gary Snyder (b. 1930)
“In Europe life is histrionic and dramatized, and ... in America, except when it is trying to be European, it is direct and sincere.”
—William Dean Howells (1837–1920)