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The Middle Ages (adjectival form: medieval, mediaeval or mediæval) is a period of European history encompassing the 5th to the 15th centuries. It is normally marked from the collapse of the Western Roman Empire, accepted as the end of Classical Antiquity, until the beginning of the Renaissance and Age of Discovery, which ushered in the Modern Era. It is thus the middle period of the traditional division of Western history into Classical, Medieval, and Modern. The Middle Ages is often split into two or three sub-divisions.
In the Early Middle Ages, depopulation, deurbanization, and barbarian invasion, all of which had begun in Late Antiquity, continued apace. The barbarian invaders formed their own new kingdoms in the remains of the Western Roman Empire. In the 7th century North Africa and the Middle East, once part of the eastern empire, became an Islamic Empire after conquest by Muhammad's successors. Although there were substantial changes in society and political structures, the break was not as extreme as once put forth by historians, with most of the new kingdoms incorporating as many of the existing Roman institutions as they could. Christianity expanded in western Europe and monasteries were founded. In the 7th and 8th centuries the Franks, under the Carolingian dynasty, established an empire covering much of western Europe; it lasted until the 9th century, when it succumbed to pressure from new invaders – the Vikings, Magyars, and Saracens.
Actors: Bryant Anderson (actor), Bryant Anderson (producer), Bryant Anderson (producer), Bryant Anderson (writer), Bryant Anderson (director), Bryan Jalovec (actor), Shannon English (actress), Monica Jones (actress), Doug Pratt (actor), Ebonie Lane (actress), Scott Campbell (actor), Russell Brown (actor), Aliyah Jackson (actress),
Genres: Drama, Short,When the moon turns to blood
The seas boil and rise
Man?s days grow few
And soon all will die
Seven is the number
The Holy Trinity
As the Seventh Seal is broken
So is tranquility
The words have been written
The course has been planned
The apocalyptic Scripture
Sentence of the damned
When the death book is opened
The seven trumpets sound
The Seventh Seal is broken
To Hell man is bound
The plagues will be many
As Death plays his game
A test of will and strength
A game that?s played in vain
For a fortunate few
The game is not in vain
To escape Death?s grasp
To live in other?s pain
At the close of the day
The game?s end is near
With Death?s wicked smile
Your fate is finally clear
The Dance of Death in silhoutte
On a hillside desolate
The figures move and sway