Dark Ages
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Dark Ages may refer to:
In history and sociology[edit]
- Dark Ages (historiography), the period in Europe; following the collapse of the Western Roman Empire
- European Middle Ages (5th to 15th centuries AD), particularly:
- European Early Middle Ages
- Migration Period of c. 400 to 800 AD
- Saeculum obscurum or "dark age" in the history of the papacy, running from 904 to 964 AD
- Note: 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.
- European Middle Ages (5th to 15th centuries AD), particularly:
- Irish Dark Age, a period of apparent economic and cultural stagnation in late pre-historic Ireland, lasting from c. 100 BC to c. 300 AD.
- Bronze Age collapse (c. 1200 BC)
- Greek Dark Ages (c. 1100 BC – 750 BC), a period in the history of Ancient Greece and Anatolia after the Bronze Age collapse
- Dark ages of Cambodia (c. 1450–1863 AD)
- Digital dark age, a future time when it might not be possible to read historical digital documents
In astrophysics[edit]
- Dark Ages (cosmology), in Big Bang cosmology, a period ending roughly 150 million to 800 million years after the Big Bang, after which stars began to form.
In music[edit]
- Dark Ages (album), by Soulfly
- The Dark Ages, an EP by Andrea Parker
- "Dark Ages", a song by Jethro Tull on their 1979 album Stormwatch
- "Dark Ages", a song by Yngwie Malmsteen on his 1986 album Trilogy
- "Dark Ages", a song by NoMeansNo on their 1988 album Small Parts Isolated and Destroyed
- Dark Age (band), a German death metal band
- Dark Ages (band), a Ukrainian dark ambient band
- "New Dark Ages", a song by punk rock band Bad Religion on the album New Maps of Hell
- "Dark Ages", a song by heavy metal band Scar the Martyr on the album Scar the Martyr (album)
- "The Dark Ages", an EP by American indie rock band Bedhead
In entertainment[edit]
- Dark Age of Comic Books (1986-late 1990s), a period in the American comics industry
- Dark Ages (1991 video game), a platform game by Apogee Software
- Dark Ages (1999 video game), an MMORPG by KRU Interactive
- Dark Ages (TV series), a 1999 ITV comedy series set in England
- "The Dark Age", an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- The Dark Ages: An Age of Light, a BBC four part documentary television series
- Dark Ages, an expansion for the deck-building card game Dominion
- Dark Ages, a world in a videogame Plants vs Zombies 2
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