That's the idea.

就是这样
But then he looks at--you know, compares--

然后他就着眼于
the Dark Middle Ages in Europe--right?--

比较欧洲黑暗的中世纪
the peaks of feudalism with Rome and Greece and Athens.

罗马希腊和雅典的封建主义鼎盛时期
And he said, "Did the division of labor increase?"

然后他说 "劳动力划分增加了吗"
He said, "No they, the division of labor decreased."

"不劳动力划分减少了"
I mean antiquity, that was discovered in the Renaissance,

文艺复兴时期发现的文物
was far superior to the Middle Ages.

要比中世纪的先进得多
The big cities, like Rome, were abandoned.

很多像罗马这样的大城市都成为了·废墟
Many of you were in Rome.

你们很多人都去过那里
Even now you see ruins. Right?

就连现在那里还有废墟对不对
The glorious Rome--right?--was left as a grazing land for the sheep.

辉煌的罗马最后沦为了羊群的牧场