page_title: List of states during the Middle Ages
section_title: North and West
hierarchical_section_title: List of states during the Middle Ages / Europe / North and West
caption_attribution_description: Eastern Hemisphere in 1025 AD.
context_page_description: Post-classical history is the period of time that immediately followed the end of ancient history. Depending on the continent, the era generally falls between the years AD 200-600 and AD 1200–1500. The name of this era of history derives from classical antiquity of Europe. Though, the everyday context in use is reverse. In European history, "post-classical" is synonymous with the medieval time or Middle Ages, the period of history from around the 5th century to the 15th century. It began with the collapse of the Western Roman Empire and merged into the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery. The Middle Ages is the middle period of the three traditional divisions of Western history: Antiquity, Medieval period, and Modern period. The Medieval period is itself subdivided into the Early, the High, and the Late Middle Ages.
caption: Map of the world 11th century AD
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