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Our society is where we are now because of the dark ages, but that doesn't mean that we wouldn't be better off if they hadn't happened.
by danudey 12y ago
Our society is where we are now because of the dark ages, but that doesn't mean that we wouldn't be better off if they hadn't happened.
- Someone1234 12y agoIsn't the "dark ages" a misnomer anyway? For example didn't a large chunk of modern medicine evolve during that period in the middle east
- cben 12y agoThe term specifically refers to a "dark" period in Europe. E.g. Islamic science famously flourished at these same centuries. But it's increasingly seen as a misnomer wrt. Europe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Ages_(historiography) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Ages_(historiography)