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Answer410 AD with the fall of the Roman Empire to 1400 with the start of exploration. A thousand years. Answer476 to 1453 AD might be the dates most often cited.

Most historians I have seen comment on this date the beginning of the Middle Ages at 476 AD. The date is for the abdication of Romulus Augustulus, emperor of the Empire of the West, though the imperial power was passed to Zeno, who theoretically became ruler of a reunited Roman Empire as a result. Certainly no one at the time though it was a fall of the Roman Empire.

Dates for the end of the Middle Ages vary among 1453, 1492, and 1500.

Some older historians regard the period of 476 to 1000 as the Dark Ages and place the Middle Ages as starting in 1000.

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