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From the 5th century to the 14th century
Europe
Migration period, Early Middle Ages
The "Dark Ages" is the term for the early medieval period of western European history, between the 5th and 14th centuries, after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, characterizing it as marked by economic, intellectual, and cultural decline. An Italian scholar Francesco Petrarca, was the first person to coin the term "Dark Ages" in the 1330s. He called it the "Dark Ages" as he regarded the post-Roman centuries as "dark" compared to the "light" of classical antiquity.
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