地中海的衰落: 文明的征程

The Mediterranean is the most ancient ocean on the planet and also the most reputable homestead and battlefield on the journey of human civilization. Ancient ancestors in Europe created brilliant Mediterranean civilization during nearly 4,000 years. After the decline of Rome, Western Europe entered into the Dark Ages featuring cultural desolation and material poverty. To see the renaissance of western civilization, Mankind waited for 1,400 years. The development of civilization is a long journey. Whether flourishing or declining, it is a force pushing human progress. However, the decline of western civilization in the Dark Ages is not a retrogression of human civilization but only a new beginning in the silence of thought and substance. For details, please see The Decline of the Mediterranean authored by James Henry Breasted.