moved from Ealdgyth s talk Middle Ages as part of the Postclassical Era Why did you erase this paragraph If you believe this information is better addressed in a different part of the article please suggest how However your justification unrelated to this article which is specifically on the European period does not seem to hold water at all European history is a part of world history just as say French history is a part of European history Noting that the European Middle Ages are a part of larger trends in the Old World in the article about European Middle Ages is not just related information but IMO absolutely required I m sure there is an appropriate way that we can agree upon to include this information Please advise moved from my talk The issue has been extensively discussed on the talk page of the article the article deals with European history so the first part is not needed The rest of it was pretty much redundant In world history the Middle Ages coincide with the Postclassical Era and refer specifically to the history of Europe and the Mediterranean during this period is already covered by the first paragraph of the same section As in other parts of the Old World the postclassical period is marked by the expansion of complex society and urban life civilization into new areas such as Central and Eastern Europe is actually wrong as the spread of those things only happened late in the Middle Ages it s a gross oversimplification as complex society actually contracted until about 1000 AD or so And by the spread of world religions such as Christianity and Islam and by expanding communication and trade across all of Afro Eurasia is covered elsewhere in the body of the article the sections on Rise of Islam and new kingdoms especially Basically that the information you added was already IN the article and it was not needed where it was It read much like the lede section of an article but was duplication of the lede that already exists