How was Europe before feudalism?

Answer 1

it was horrible for the peasants, they were all treated like slaves, it is scary because now that the people that we all live with are not like peasants, because BLACK and WHITE were seperated.

Answer 2

Before feudalism Europe was a continent ravaged by the migrating Eastern tribes. It had no types of government except for a Rome to weak to control its own walls.

Answer 3

The land was managed before the feudal system by the rule of the strongest. The one with the bigger army and more guns would win over the land and exploit it.