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The period of European history encompassing (roughly) 476–1000 CE
Any relatively primitive period of time

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.

The time before the Internet was popular

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?.

Alternative form of Dark Ages
Middle Ages, period of history between 476 A.D. and the beginning of the Renaissance, period of time between ancient times and modern times
Term in occasional use to refer to the migration period and Viking period, but unpopular because of its implication of ignorance ; most appropriately used of western Scotland before c 800, a period remarkably dark
A period of roughly nine hundred years, during which, the most significant contributions to science were the advent of the windmill and the heavy plow
The period following the fall of the Roman Empire during which Europe experienced in intellectual, civil, and social decline, generally from 476 to 1000, also called the Early Middle Ages
This is the name given to the Middle Ages from the fifth century (the decline of classical culture) through to the fourteenth century (the start of the Renaissance in Italy) because of the apparent intellectual and moral ignorance or darkness of this period
the period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance
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period without development or progression, period of regression
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disapproval If you refer to a period in the history of a society as a dark age, you think that it is characterized by a lack of knowledge and progress. The Education Secretary accuses teachers of wanting to return to a dark age
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The Dark Ages are the period of European history between about 500 A.D. and about 1000 A.D
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