Dark Ages

Dark Ages or Dark Age may refer to:

History and sociology[edit]

European Early Middle Ages, often referred to as the Dark Ages
European Middle Ages in general (5th to 15th centuries AD), particularly:
- 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
Dark Ages (historiography), the use of the term Dark Ages by historians and lay people
- For a discussion on the usage of the phrase "The Dark Ages" for the Middle Ages, 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

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

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 Age (collectible card game), a collectible card game from 1996
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 the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer
"The Dark Age", an episode of the anime series Bungo Stray Dogs
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 the video game Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time
Dark Age (Brown novel), a 2019 novel by Pierce Brown

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.
"Dark Era", a hypothetical age of the universe in the far future