Migration period: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Early Middle Ages • Late Antiquity • Dark Ages
Date	500 - 1000
Location	Europe
Context	Middle Ages

The Visigoths and the Franks both converted during this period.
The Roman Catholic Church became the dominant institution in Europe during the Dark Ages.
The method of counting years from the understood birth of Jesus - an approach that formed the basis of the modern notion of the Common Era - was invented by the English monk Bede during the 8th century.

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