this is an OPINION based question. but i will give you MY personal opinion. but i dunno how it will help, its YOUR opinion NOT MINE.
my opinion:
i think it was a complex period, but very helpful in many ways. there are pros and cons to it, but the many changes lead to this modern day period. some things may have happened that may have lead to bad paths, but this period was greatly effective to our present days. so i think that this complicated period was helpful, and worth what happened in it.