[Marano NYC]

Note the language was Greek. The area was doing quite well culturally until it was invaded.

[muawiyah]

Greek continues to be taught and spoken in many places.

Not sure what that means concerning the onset of the Dark Ages. Do you think speaking Greek had something to do with bringing on the environmental catastrophe that precipitated that period? If so, maybe the French, Germans and Spanish ought to pursue raparations from Greece and Turkey!

And what about the Italians? My goodness, they started it all and look what happened to them.