In Northern Europe towns declined after the collapse of the Roman Empire, and in England many towns became extremely small - little more than villages. A place with 2,000 or more inhabitants was considered really big and important.
Positive: those who defeated the Greeks (ex. Romans) took some of there architecture, literature, etc. and adopted them. Like the Romans, they adapted the religion of the Greeks in a different way. Negative: there have been many killings that happened in the dark ages, and many were slain
dark death
- rise of the polis. - rise of the aristocracy class. - increase in trade/shipping. - adoption of phoenician culture e.g. arts. - increase in population, as the dark ages brought about a drop in population. = all this can be found in homer's works. pretty simple.
the renaissance
became the dark ages
They had to many slaves which then overruled their leaders.
Who was the leader of the dark ages
The Renaissance was not labeled the "dark ages". Renaissance means "rebrith" and it came AFTER the "dark ages or the middle ages."
Dark Ages and\or Medieval Ages
Before. Rome fell in 410 AD which started the "dark ages"
the age before the dark ages is the high middle ages
dark ages, middle ages, medieval, feudal, age of faith.
The Greek Dark Ages began in about the year 1200 BC. There is no exact year for their beginning. Clearly, the Greek Dark Ages and the Dark Ages were not the same thing, and they were not really related, as the Dark Ages began in the middle of the 5th century AD.
yes, you mainly see the Dark Ages capitalized
dark ages The Rennaisance is what you are talking about, as the dark ages was around 800-1000. == ==
It wasn't. There were no schools or education and 90% of the population couldn't read or write.
The Dark Ages is an old fashioned term which refers to the Middle Ages, the period that came after the fall of the roman Empire. It was usedbecasueit was held that after the fall of the empire, Europe descended into a period ofculturaldecline and anarchy.Nowadays the term is avoided because of its negative connotations and because it is misleading.Historiansnow highlight the fact that during the Middle Ages there were two periods ofculturalrevival. They arecalledtheCarolingianRenaissance, which occurred under Charlemagne, and the Renaissance of the 12th Century.