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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Finn235, post: 3600308, member: 98035&quot;]One could argue that 450-550 is a good cutoff for most of the world.</p><p><br /></p><p>- Obviously, Rome fell and all of Western Europe was consumed by the barbarian hordes</p><p>- Numismatically, historically, and culturally, the Byzantine Empire massively shifted between the deaths of Theodosius II and the death of Justinian.</p><p>- My knowledge on the subject leaves a lot to be desired, but the Himyar kingdom fell to Axum in 520, and afterward Axum absorbed the Himyar culture, most notably dropping Greek in favor of what would become Ge&#039;ez.</p><p>- One could argue that the death of Peroz is a good cutoff point between the Middle and Late Sassanian Empire.</p><p>- Related, the Hunnic kingdoms consumed basically all of Central Asia between 500-550.</p><p>- The nearly re-unified India under the Guptas collapsed in 500-550 under internal strife and Hunnic invasions.</p><p>- China during this time was fractured into numerous states in nearly constant civil war.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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