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Dark Ages:

see Middle AgesMiddle Ages,
period in Western European history that followed the disintegration of the West Roman Empire in the 4th and 5th cent. and lasted into the 15th cent., i.e., into the period of the Renaissance.
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dark ages

The period between the recombination epoch and the formation of the first bright galaxies. Toward the end of this time the first generation of stars must have formed in protogalaxies, and created the first heavy elements. The absence of observable radiation renders this period ‘dark’. Only when sufficient stars or quasars have formed to reionize the intergalactic medium (as revealed by the Gunn–Peterson test) is this period observable.

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We want to make sure that there's enough of a seed of human civilization somewhere else to bring civilization back, and perhaps shorten the length of the Dark Ages," he said.

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As you move through history in Civilization VI: Rise and Fall , you will reach moments where the game judges your performance up to that point and triggers either Golden Ages or Dark Ages, depending on how you have played.

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A TERRIFYING sight awaited visitors to Crackley Hall when the school was invaded by dastardly vikings from the Dark Ages.

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The book describes 10 journeys which Max undertook to look for and record the imprints left by the Dark Ages on the landscape.

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John Tilley, regional officer of the RMT, said after the meeting with councillors on Merseytravel's committee: "Merseyrail is an excellent rail system and we don't want to take it backwards to the dark ages when people were scared to travel.

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The Edge of the World is an impressive book, shedding a powerful light on the period inaccurately referred to as the Dark Ages.

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However, to brand the entire country to be living in the dark ages is uncalled for and unjust.

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The abacus and the cross; the story of the Pope who brought the light of science to the Dark Ages.

The abacus and the cross; the story of the Pope who brought the light of science to the Dark Ages. (reprint, 2010)

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London, June 21 ( ANI ): Scientists have discovered a new way to detect the first stars when the universe was only 200 million years old and still emerging from its dark ages.