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2nd millennium
Yeah, it was a pretty good millennium, I guess.
Important people: Eddie Van Halen ಠ_ಠ
This really just made me realize how tenuous our situation is. It feels like our way of life will probably last for a long long time, which it already has. But look at the Byzantine empire, it lasted from 330 to 1450! It's kind of shocking how much is in store that we haven't even begun to fathom...
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