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dark ages

Noun

∙ Alternative form of Dark Ages

Dark Ages

Proper noun

∙ The period of European history encompassing (roughly) 476–1000 CE.
∙ Greek Dark Ages (c. 1100 BC - 750 BCE)
∙ Dark ages of Cambodia (c. 1450 - 1863)
∙ Dark ages of Laos (c. 1707 - 1893)
∙ Dark Ages in cosmology
∙ Any relatively primitive period of time. figuratively

BABYLON ENGLISH
Dark Ages
Middle Ages, period of history between 476 A.D. and the beginning of the Renaissance, period of time between ancient times and modern times
dark age
period without development or progression, period of regression

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
dark ages
dark ages
dark ages, a period of stagnation and obscurity in literature and art, lasting, according to hallam, nearly 1000 years, from about 500 to about 1500 a. d.. see middle ages, under middle...
see also dark

WORDNET 2.0
Dark Ages
Noun
1. the period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance
(synonym) Middle Ages
(hypernym) historic period, age
(part-holonym) history
(class) bloodletting

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Dark Ages
Dark Ages may refer to:

In history and sociologyDark Ages (historiography), the period in Europe following the collapse of the Western Roman EmpireEuropean Middle Ages (5th to 15th centuries CE), particularly:European Early Middle AgesMigration Period of c. 400 to 800 CESaeculum obscurum or "dark age" in the history of the papacy, running from 904 to 964 CENote: For a discussion on the usage of the phrase "The Dark Ages" for the above periods, see Dark Ages (historiography). This era is covered in the post-classical era article for areas outside of Europe. Bronze Age collapse (c. 1200 BCE)Greek Dark Ages (c. 1100 BCE – 750 BCE), a period in the history of Ancient Greece and Anatolia after the Bronze Age collapseDark ages of Cambodia (c. 1450–1863 CE)Digital dark age, a future time when it might not be possible to read historical digital documents
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