Dark Ages - in History and Sociology

In History and Sociology

  • Dark Ages (historiography), the concept of a period of intellectual darkness and economic regression that supposedly occurred in Europe following the collapse of the Western Roman Empire
    • European Middle Ages (5th to 15th centuries AD), particularly:
      • Western European Early Middle Ages
      • Migration Period of c. 300 to 700 AD
      • Saeculum obscurum or "dark age" in the history of the papacy, running from 904-964
    • Note: medieval historians today usually avoid the phrase "Dark Ages" for the above periods, see Dark Ages (historiography) for further discussion.
  • Greek Dark Ages (c. 1100 BC–750 BC), a period in the history of Ancient Greece and Anatolia
  • Dark ages of Cambodia (c. 1450-1863)
  • Dark ages of Laos (c. 1707-1893)
  • Digital dark age, a future time when it might not be possible to read historical digital documents

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