Hello everyone, why did people forgot some important knowledge from antiquity around the V and VIth century ? I know of the barbaric invasions the fall of rome, dark ages etc. But how did we had such a reset in knowledge ? Thanks a lot

by ZSRRexe

DanKensington

Mainly, they didn't. Some applications fell out of use for want of capacity to implement, but it's for very good reason we don't say 'Dark Ages'. (Directly related, screw you, Petrarch.) More can always be said on this matter, commonplace as it is in the popular understanding; for the meantime, here are some previous posts for your attention:

u/Ambarenya has a nicely bulleted list on why we don't do 'Dark Ages';
u/Sillvaro, u/BRIStoneman, and u/sagathain consider the period and how it went;
and u/grashnak and u/bitparity have a significant exchange that's also worth reading.

Alkibiades415

In this old thread I myself and some others discuss this topic in broad terms, and there is a good deal of bibliography cited for further reading.