Comment on Responsive LogosparentComments−Someone123412yIsn'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−cben12yThe 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)
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Isn'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
The 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)