In certain areas such as agriculture there was more advancement in the dark ages than in five previous centuries of roman rule.
That's likely because the end of the roman warm period (which roughly coincided with the end of the western roman empire) basically forced Europe to get good at farming, or die.
That's likely because the end of the roman warm period (which roughly coincided with the end of the western roman empire) basically forced Europe to get good at farming, or die.