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Thanks to everyone who made interesting comments on yesterday\\u2019s post about Dark Ages.

Several people challenged the matching of the economic/population decline to the \\u201cfall of Rome\\u201d. For example, from\\xa0David Friedman:

On the graph you are citing, 36 million is the population in 200 A.D. The fall of the Western Empire is commonly dated to about 450 A.D. By 400 A.D., on the same graph, population is down to 31 million\\u2013say 30 million by 450.