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“Humanists divided history into many eras.” This is an opinion Biju expressed in a classroom discussion. Do you agree with him? Can you approve of this division of history by the humanists? Explain. |
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Answer» Humanists divided history into the following Ages: 1. 5th century to the 14th century – Middle Ages. 2. From the 15th century on wards Modern Age. The Middle Ages Period was further subdivided like this: 1. 5th to the 9th century – Dark Age. 2. 10th to 11th century – Early Middle Age. 3. 11th to 14th century – Late Middle Age. This division of history into various Ages by humanists was later approved by scholars. But recently some historians questioned this division. They disagreed with the idea of dividing centuries into Ages depending on the dynamics of culture. They felt that calling and depicting a period as Dark Age is not appropriate. |
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