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| | Middle Ages - Search View - MSN Encarta |
 | | Since the Middle Ages covers such a large span of time, historians divided it into three parts: the Early Middle Ages, lasting from about 350 to about 1050; the High Middle Ages, lasting from about 1050 to about 1300; and the Late Middle Ages, lasting from about 1300 to about 1450. |
 | | Historians once thought that the Middle Ages began with the fall of the Roman Empire, but there was no decisive moment at which the Roman Empire fell or the Middle Ages began. |
 | | By the end of the Middle Ages, Europe was organized into strong, prosperous, competitive, and aggressive states, and European explorers and traders were launching expeditions to China, Africa, and eventually the Americas. |
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