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Historians of the medieval era hate the term "dark ages", even in relation to Europe. The whole notion that the Roman Empire went poof one day and then everything sucked for 1000 years is just cartoonishly wrong.
I once heard in some history tv show that it's called "dark ages" not because of the bad living conditions, but because we know so few things about it, compared to other history periods.
Absolutely. It's sucked a lot longer than that.
Only a little unfortunate they skipped the enlightenment, akin to what Europe had.
Medieval people thinking the Earth was flat is a myth that was made up during the Age of Enlightenment.
That is a myth that has been debunked a long time ago. In fact, the Earth being round was discovered in antiquity and Eratosthenes measured the Earth's circumference almost accurately in about 240 BC.
That's not what it was, not by a long shot, but alright.
What the hell are you talking about? I'm talking about enlightenment, you know, the explosion of philosophy in the 17th century?such as the explosion of liberalism, ideas of socialism, The theories of government, American and french revolution, ect.
I seriously believe you've messed up the years
Sorry what learning and expanding are you talking about? Can you please be specific about which years and give a source?
pretty much everything between ~600 and 1900 and pretty much everywhere from Morrocco to Turkey to Iran.
Just read up on Moors, Ottomans, Iranians, Mail Empire, Islamic culture, science and arts...
A lot of it in Palestine got destroyed by the savage European crusaders though.