why do we call a certain period of the history the dark ages?

Question

why do people reffer to that part of history as the dark ages?

Answer 1

As one of my professors joked, "Everyone was walking around saying, 'Isn't it dark?'"

Seriously, it's a misnomer. The "Middle Ages" or "Medieval period" was a time of great advances in many areas. It was once thought that compared to the Greek and Roman era before it and the Renaissance after that it was a period of ignorance, superstition, and oppression. Medieval scholars will argue that point, and the term "Dark Ages" is not used much anymore.

It really is a fascinating period of world history, and well worth studying!

Answer 2

maximum historians call it the Early Medieval a while now by using fact it wasn't dark in China and India. The early middle a while the place "dark" in Europe by using fact of lost Roman/Greek technologies yet interior of something of the international specially the middle East, China and India it became the terrific time for his or her history.

Answer 3

Because someone left the bard door open and the wind blew out the candles...

Every group of humans has its 'ups' and 'downs', and in this case it was Europe plunging into nearly 600 years of 'darkness'.

This was essentially a 'feeling' more than anything else, but does point to the fact that Rome was gone.

The light that Rome spread out may have been an oppressive one, but it certainly was 'impressive' as well as 'oppressive'.

Answer 4

The Middle Ages were dangerous.Dangers included disease such as the Black Death, which killed about one quarter of Europe's population. Wars were frequent, as powerful rulers attempted to extent their territories. Punishment for disobeying the Church were severe, and included being burnt at the stake. Other painful punishments included whippings, hangings, beheadings, severing of ears and hands, sitting in the stocks, etc.However there were creative times ; some of Europe's most magnificent cathedrals were built in praise of God in this period of history.

Answer 5

Maybe because they had no light's. Lol Just kidding. They call them the dark ages because they were a period in time where many bad things were happening, Such inhumanity and atrocities committed because people were not enlightened.

Answer 6

It was
a) Lack of electricity due to its having not been yet discovered.
b) No coins for the gas metre.
c) The Roman empire dismantled, and civilizations pillaged there was a paucity of arts, literature, education.
d) None of the above--details of the period are clouded in darkness, thus it is called the Dark ages.
--Charles "That Cheeky Lad"

Answer 7

Because of the death of Greek and Roman empires which had come to an end.

All knowledge form those times was lost and was not reconstituded the sixteenth century.

Answer 8

The answer for this question is well explianed in this link for wikipedia...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Ages

Answer 9

because at that time people had stop thinking about themselves,they were just believing what popes were saying.

Answer 10

lack of education or culture, lots of "dark" deeds