[finiteseries]

- The last thousand some years (in Europe)

- Widespread (in Europe)

- Half of recorded (European) history

An exclusively European phenomenon, the bulk of which came and went while it was a backwater region with limited effect on the rest of the world.

[tristor]

> An exclusively European phenomenon, the bulk of which came and went while it was a backwater region with limited effect on the rest of the world.

Weird that it had limited effect on the rest of the world, since basically history from now back to about the 15th century represents a European hegemony, now a US hegemony that extends European Western philosophy to the world.

Seems that "limited effect" is pretty big. So much so that we're /literally discussing it now in 2022/.

[finiteseries]

The bulk of feudalism took place between the 5th and 12th centuries, ~400 years before 1491.

[tristor]

Sure, and the legacy of feudalism is a core part of what informs Western philosophy and political structure since then.

[finiteseries]

Yes. Its post 1492* relevance through its legacy now established, we revolve back to the point:

- The last thousand some years (in Europe)

- Widespread (in Europe)

- Half of recorded (European) history

You may have misread my original comment, the “limited effect” was to describe Europe’s influence at that particular point in time, not feudalism/Europe’s influence since then.