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They're called the dark ages because the historical records from that time are pretty scant. Both their predecessors and their descendants seem to have shown mo
by Millennium 10y ago
They're called the dark ages because the historical records from that time are pretty scant. Both their predecessors and their descendants seem to have shown more awareness of history as it was happening, and kept a much more thorough record, sometimes deliberately, sometimes not. But for that period, we're largely in the dark, hence the name.