Dark Ages (disambiguation)
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Dark Ages can refer to the following.
In historical periodization (including history of the universe):
- Dark Ages - a historiographical approach to the European Middle Ages or, applied more narrowly, to the Early Middle Ages.
- The Greek Dark Ages - the period in the history of Ancient Greece between the 12th century BC and 9th century BC from which no records, and only scant archaeological evidence, survive.
- The Dark ages of Cambodia - the period from the mid-15th century to the establishment of a protectorate under the French in 1863
- In Big Bang cosmology, the Dark Ages is a somewhat facetious nickname for the time between Recombination and Reionization.
In music:
- An album entitled dark ages by the Brazilian heavy metal group Soulfly.
- A song by the Swedish heavy metal guitarist Yngwie J. Malmsteen, from his 1986 album Trilogy.
- An EP entitled The Dark Ages by techno DJ/producer Andrea Parker.
- A German melodic death metal band called Dark Age (band)
- A song by the British rock band Jethro Tull, from their 1979 album Stormwatch.
In computer games:
- Dark Ages (1991 computer game), a platform game by Apogee Software.
- A MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role playing game) titled Dark Ages (computer game) by KRU Interactive.
In comics:
- In the American comics industry, Dark Age of Comic Books refers to the period from 1986 to late nineties, which followed the end of the Bronze Age of Comic Books (1970 - 1985), and previous Silver and Golden ages. It was characterized by its darker heroes and anti-heroes, and heralded by such works as Alan Moore's Watchmen and Frank Miller's Batman: The Dark Knight Returns.
