Multiple choice general knowledge history

Many scholars agree that the start of the Medieval era is marked by a very significant development that took place in the fifth century. What is that development?

  1. The Black Death

  2. The Fall of Rome

  3. The Renaissance

  4. The Crusades
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Explanation

The Fall of Rome (specifically the fall of the Western Roman Empire) in 476 CE, when Romulus Augustulus was deposed by the Germanic chieftain Odoacer, is conventionally used to mark the beginning of the Medieval era in European history. The Black Death occurred much later (14th century), the Renaissance began in the 14th-15th centuries, and the Crusades spanned the 11th-13th centuries - all events within the medieval period, not its beginning.

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