Late antiquity
Post-classical antiquity in western Eurasia and Northern Africa
Late antiquity
Late antiquity is a time period between classical antiquity and the Early Middle Ages. The exact start and end dates are debatable. Late antiquity represents a cultural sphere covering much of the Mediterranean world, including parts of Europe and the Near East. As an approximate guide, the period can be thought of as spanning "c. 250–750". Late antiquity was an era of massive political and religious transformation. As a time of significant cultural innovation and transformation, it produced a large body of late antique literature, art, and public architecture like the Hagia Sophia. Religiously, it marked the origins or ascendance of the three major monotheistic religions: Christianity, Rabbinic Judaism, and Islam, as well as the period when both the Bible and the Quran were canonised. Politically, it marked the end of the Western Roman Empire and the Sasanian Empire (the last Persian empire of antiquity), as well as the beginning of the Arab conquests and the formation of the Rashidun...
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