Growing up in the heart of the Bluegrass during the 1950's had many adventures. One was to visit that great hole in the ground called Mammoth Cave, the world's longest known cave system. Mom, Dad, and my older brother made such a trip spelunking to the very bottom. Here our guide asked all to put out their lights and experience total darkness. Sure, I thought, "no such a thing exists." Boy was I wrong! Out goes all the lights and total darkness there was. Poking myself in the eye trying to see my hand was certainly an adventure. Then, the glow of a cigarette tip came to be seen somewhere out into the darkness. Man did it seem to light things up. Never such a sight it was which still appears in my memory bank.
Some years later, my college text A History of Civilization, Volume One, Third Edition, begins chapter 5, p. 173:
"The period from the collapse of the Roman Empire in the West down to about 1000 A.D. provides an outstanding example of the breakdown of a whole civilization. Historians used to call these early medieval centuries from 500 to 1000 the Dark Ages."
Certainly, I did not question such statements until my genealogy tree climbing brought me to my Celtic ancestors. What did happen after the breakdown of the Roman Empire for my Jones family ancestors? Humm...foundations for new generations became apparent. Gallic monasticism must be one of those lights in the darkness.
เกมสล็อต เล่นเกมสล็อตฟรี ไม่มีคุณค่าใช่จ่ายสำหรับในการเล่น ทดสอบเล่นสล็อต พีจี ฟรีได้เงินจริง โดยเว็บไซต์ ของพวกเรา เล่นสล็อต ทดสอบเล่นฟรี ได้เงินจริงจำต้องเว็บไซต์พวกเรา
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