Dark Ages

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Alternative forms

• dark ages

Proper noun

Dark Ages

1. The period of European history encompassing (roughly) 476–1000 CE.
2. Greek Dark Ages (c. 1100 BC - 750 BC)
3. Dark ages of Cambodia (c. 1450 - 1863)
4. Dark ages of Laos (c. 1707 - 1893)
5. Dark Ages in cosmology
6. (figuratively) Any relatively primitive period of time.
   • 2000 Mar 6, Network World, Vol. 17, No. 10, page 49:

     Yes, DSL is a better, faster and less expensive way to access the Internet. Unfortunately, it's saddled with back-office systems that belong in the Dark Ages and politics that may require regulatory oversight.

   • 2001, Lawrence Lessig, The future of ideas: the fate of the commons in a connected world, page 104:

     Put yourself back in the dark ages, the time before the Internet took off–say, the 1970s–and ask: What was the environment for creativity then?

Synonyms

• (historic period in Europe): Early Middle Ages

Translations

historic period

• Indonesian: Zaman Kegelapan (id)
• Japanese: 暗黒時代 (ja) (あんこくじだい, ankoku jidai)
• Malay: Zaman Kelam (ms)

• Scottish Gaelic: Na Lintean Dorcha (gd) m pl and f pl
• Spanish: Edad Oscura (es) f