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Why are the middle ages called the “Dark Ages?”?

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Why are the middle ages called the “Dark Ages?”?

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They aren’t. The dark ages preceded the middle ages. Little is known about the dark ages, because during that time, the Catholic church suppressed almost all knowledge.

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It was also called dark because it was a time that the period immediately following could not look back through to see the previous history. Until a process of rediscovery through contact with the Islamic Civilization and the discovery of old books and inscriptions, that period was “dark” in the sence of “unknown.

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