General Chit-Chat Thread: A New Beginning

[Chris]

@Chris I think I have a new title for that period of 800-1065, and I think it might be the Adventuring Period or Franco-Norse Period

franco-norse sounds good to me

 

[Chris]

What exactly are you chronicling these ages for though

 

[Barry Poppins]

What exactly are you chronicling these ages for though

For fun I suppose

 

[Chris]

Lmao I thought so, wasn't sure if you had some sort of project idea though

 

[Barry Poppins]

Yeah lol mostly just making my own set of periods for myself to remember

 

[Chris]

The popular ones are fairly outdated anyway, most historians hate them. I talked about how dark ages is so panned now a few weeks ago and that kinda opened my eyes to how eurocentric our making conventions are in general. In some cases it certainly fits, Rome was obviously an apex of the time and should rightfully be the defining part of that era

 

[Barry Poppins]

Yeah pretty much

 

[Barry Poppins]

If you ask me if there really is a "Dark Age" it'd be post Bronze Age Collapse and Pre-Archaic Period

 

[Barry Poppins]

We don't know jack and shit about the very early Iron Age

 

[Chris]

What we do know from archaeology is stark regression too

 

[Chris]

That was also around when the Sahara fully dried up I think? That was a few thousand years of mass migration it caused that could have caused societal collapses in the places nearby

 

[Big Jean Studd]

What we do know from archaeology is stark regression too

regressed to a saint ?

 

[Chris]

Speaking of, new news on that pre-desert Saharan front https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/04/250402122146.htm

 

[Big Jean Studd]

Does Kevin Knight have an njpw or indie standout match

 

[Big Jean Studd]

Random question i know lol