The latest census in 2014 found that there were 1,864 giant pandas alive in the wild. While still very low, this represents a real success story, with numbers increasing from around 1,000 in the late 1970s.
In European history, the Middle Ages or Medieval period lasted from the 5th 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.Depopulation, deurbanisation, invasion, and movement of peoples, which had begun in Late Antiquity, continued in the Early Middle Ages.he Medieval period is itself subdivided into the Early, the High, and the Late Middle Ages. Depopulation, deurbanisation, invasion, and movement of peoples, which had begun in Late Antiquity, continued in the Early Middle Ages.
Dates for the medieval period are usually given as 476 to 1453 AD, or something like that. The middle ages began with the decline of the West Roman Empire, which took a long â¦ time, and so really has no fixed date.Similarly, they ended with a long series of events that are more emblematic than anything else.nd the middle ages are the time in which the first seventy universities were founded. Nor were the middle ages a time without science. The list of medieval inventions is long and impressive. They include such things as the invention of the chimney, soap, and ultimately, the printing press.