What is another word for dark ages?

Pronunciation: [dˈɑːk ˈe͡ɪd͡ʒɪz] (IPA)

The phrase 'dark ages' is often used to refer to a period of history that is seen as primitive, backward, or lacking in cultural and intellectual development. However, there are other terms that can be used to describe this historical period, which lasted from the 5th to the 15th century. One such term is the Middle Ages, which recognizes that this period was sandwiched between the classical world of Greece and Rome and the cultural revolution of the Renaissance. Other terms include the medieval period, the age of chivalry, or the age of faith, which underscored the religious and cultural achievements of this often-misunderstood era.

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Famous quotes with Dark ages

  • Imagination has brought mankind through the dark ages to its present state of civilization. Imagination led Columbus to discover America. Imagination led Franklin to discover electricity.
    L. Frank Baum
  • We're in the dark ages if J-Lo can have a music career because of her ass. And let's face it, that's it.
    Jack Black
  • When I went to law school, which after all was back in the dark ages, we never looked beyond our borders for precedents. As a state court judge, it never would have occurred to me to do so, and when I got to the Supreme Court, it was very much the same. We just didn't do it.
    Sandra Day O'Connor
  • Everybody thinks that this civilization has lasted a very long time but it really does take very few grandfathers' granddaughters to take us back to the dark ages.
    Gertrude Stein
  • I see myself and many artists like me as the torchbearers through these dark ages.
    John Zorn

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