Dark Ages

Dark Ages may refer to:

In history and sociology

• Dark Ages (historiography), the period in Europe following the collapse of the Western Roman Empire
  • European Middle Ages (5th to 15th centuries AD), particularly:
    • European Early Middle Ages
    • Migration Period of c. 400 to 800 AD
    • Saeculum obscurum or "dark age" in the history of the papacy, running from 904 to 964 AD
  • Note: For a discussion on the usage of the phrase "The Dark Ages" for the above periods, see Dark Ages (historiography). This era is covered in the post-classical era article for areas outside of Europe.
• Irish Dark Age, a period of apparent economic and cultural stagnation in late pre-historic Ireland, lasting from c. 100 BC to c. 300 AD.
• Bronze Age collapse (c. 1200 BC)
  • Greek Dark Ages (c. 1100 BC – 750 BC), a period in the history of Ancient Greece and Anatolia after the Bronze Age collapse
• Dark ages of Cambodia (c. 1450–1863 AD)
• Digital dark age, a future time when it might not be possible to read historical digital documents

In astrophysics

• Dark Ages (cosmology), in Big Bang cosmology, a period ending roughly 150 million to 800 million years after the Big Bang, after which stars began to form.

In music

• Dark Ages (album), by Soulfly
• The Dark Ages, an EP by Andrea Parker
• "Dark Ages", a song by Jethro Tull on their 1979 album Stormwatch
• "Dark Ages", a song by Yngwie Malmsteen on his 1986 album Trilogy
• "Dark Ages", a song by NoMeansNo on their 1988 album Small Parts Isolated and Destroyed
• Dark Age (band), a German death metal band
• Dark Ages (band), a Ukrainian dark ambient band
• "New Dark Ages", a song by punk rock band Bad Religion on the album New Maps of Hell
• "Dark Ages", a song by heavy metal band Scar the Martyr on the album Scar the Martyr (album)
• "The Dark Ages", an EP by American indie rock band Bedhead

In entertainment

• Dark Age of Comic Books (1986-late 1990s), a period in the American comics industry
• Dark Ages (1991 video game), a platform game by Apogee Software
• Dark Ages (1999 video game), an MMORPG by KRU Interactive
• Dark Ages (TV series), a 1999 ITV comedy series set in England
• "The Dark Age", an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• The Dark Ages: An Age of Light, a BBC four part documentary television series
• Dark Ages, an expansion for the deck-building card game Dominion
• Dark Ages, a world in a videogame Plants vs Zombies 2