Current Events > We had the Dark Ages, and the Middle Ages... what will this period be called?

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There is no Dark Ages. It was a term used by people during the Renaissance and Enlightenment to fluff their own egos about how educated and sophisticated they were.

There is no Dark Ages. It was a term used by people during the Renaissance and Enlightenment to fluff their own egos about how educated and sophisticated they were.

I had heard it was cause alot of the history wasn't written down, or the texts were lost.
Dark in the "we don't really know what happened here" sense
But i would'nt be surprised if that's inaccurate

I had heard it was cause alot of the history wasn't written down, or the texts were lost.
Dark in the "we don't really know what happened here" sense
But i would'nt be surprised if that's inaccurate

the dark ages were absolutely real: technology, life expectancy, quality of life for millions was thrown back 1000 years.

critics of the term "dark ages" are usually devoutly religious and want to make it seem like flying buttresses are as useful to society as knowing brain surgery and how to treat asthma.

the truth is absolutely that Christianity wrecked the entire continent.

there are, of course, still advances going on in India, syria, china, etc. at the time, but that doesn't change the fact that Europe was a pile of mud for almost 1300 years with the main advances being very tall ceilings and metal suits.

sorry but this is wrong. the term "dark ages" refers to a lack of primary sources from the time period; not to any sort of decline

the knowledge we do have was preserved by arabian scholars

The look at the device in your hand days, anybody from the past would be asking what are people carrying in their hands and looking at? So digital age fits but there isnt a lot of that nature is our home anymore because we focus on other people as an occupation instead.

no, the church did absolutely jack shit aside from literally burning people alive, etc.

the knowledge we do have was preserved by arabian scholars, translated to latin, and the re-imported back to europe.

the dark ages were absolutely real and ridiculous amounts of knowledge as well as specific technologies were lost. the knowledge, for example, of how to read 3000 years of egyptian, was simply lost--exterminated by Christianity. again, the WORLD wasn't in a dark age, but most of europe and north africa certainly was.

You definitely seem like the kind of person who unironically posts The Chart

Futurama referred to these times as The Stupid Ages. Can't say that doesn't seem appropriate.

What's "The Chart"? Do you mean the Aliment charts?

no, the church did absolutely jack shit aside from literally burning people alive, etc.

the knowledge we do have was preserved by arabian scholars, translated to latin, and the re-imported back to europe.

the dark ages were absolutely real and ridiculous amounts of knowledge as well as specific technologies were lost. the knowledge, for example, of how to read 3000 years of egyptian, was simply lost--exterminated by Christianity. again, the WORLD wasn't in a dark age, but most of europe and north africa certainly was.