Late antiquity

Notable for the decline of the Roman Empire, reduced use of classical Greek and Latin in literature (other languages started to flourish), and so forth.

At the time of writing, historians haven't found very good consensus on what was exactly going on during the late antiquity and how it affected things. One could therefore assume it was a time of turmoil, change and so forth, causing a lapse in quality of historical records. And considering how middle ages are perceived, this is hardly surprising.

Succeeded by:
* Middle ages

Preceded by:
* Classical Antiquity

Notable events:
(overlaps middle ages) Life of the Islamic prophet Muhammad ibn ‘Abdullāh, 570/571-??-?? to 632-06-08
(overlaps middle ages) Muslim conquests (فتح‎, Fataḥ) 632–732