Local farmers were unable to feed the Roman population during the fall of the Roman Empire because of barbarian raids. Between the 4th and 5th century, large groups of people entered the Roman Empire, which caused state failure inside the Empire. This period is called the Migration Period and preluded the Middle Ages.
C) They believed Earth to be much younger than current estimates.
Explanation:
The proponents of the 18 and the 17th centuries believed that the earth was shaped by a strong and a violent forces such as the erosion that created the earth's geologic features and had a recent origin.
