The Middle Ages seem like a dark age. Until you discover that they were able to count up to 9,999 on their fingers.
Historians have been trying for decades free her from her bad reputationbut it’s still hard not to feel a pang of compassion when one thinks of the Middle Ages. Logical. We have been burned with the idea that it was a time of wars, epidemicsfamines, wars and superstition in which humanity moved away from the … Read more
