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[โ€“] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 68 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Historians of the medieval era hate the term "dark ages", even in relation to Europe. The whole notion that the Roman Empire went poof one day and then everything sucked for 1000 years is just cartoonishly wrong.

[โ€“] Speiser0@feddit.de 13 points 10 months ago

I once heard in some history tv show that it's called "dark ages" not because of the bad living conditions, but because we know so few things about it, compared to other history periods.