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The "'''Dark Ages'''" is a term used for the time period lasting roughly from AD 450 to 1000.  They were the early part of the [[Europe]]an [[Middle Ages]]. ‎In ''False Conflict: Christianity Is Not Only Compatible with [[Science]]--It Created It,'' [[Rodney Stark]] writes:

The "'''Dark Ages'''" is a term used for the time period lasting roughly from AD 450 to 1000.  They were the early part of the [[Europe]]an [[Middle Ages]]. ‎In ''False Conflict: Christianity Is Not Only Compatible with [[Science]]--It Created It,'' [[Rodney Stark]] writes:

{{cquote|Recent historical research has debunked the idea of a "Dark Ages" after the "fall" of [[Roman Empire|Rome]]. In fact, this was an era of profound and rapid technological progress, by the end of which Europe had surpassed the rest of the world. Moreover, the so-called "Scientific Revolution" of the sixteenth century was a result of developments begun by religious scholars starting in the eleventh century.<ref name="RS">Stark, Rodney, [http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-3274629/False-conflict-Christianity-is-not.html False conflict: Christianity is not only compatible with Science--it created it.]</ref>}}

{{cquote|Recent historical research has debunked the idea of a "Dark Ages" after the "fall" of [[Roman Empire|Rome]]. In fact, this was an era of profound and rapid technological progress, by the end of which Europe had surpassed the rest of the world. Moreover, the so-called "Scientific Revolution" of the sixteenth century was a result of developments begun by religious scholars starting in the eleventh century.<ref name="RS">Stark, Rodney, [http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-3274629/False-conflict-Christianity-is-not.html False conflict: Christianity is not only compatible with Science--it created it.] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20071209064029/http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-3274629/False-conflict-Christianity-is-not.html#abstract Archived version])</ref>}}

Few written documents and buildings of this time remain. From this it has been concluded that little was accomplished culturally or academically. However, how much was actually achieved, but was destroyed during the migration of nations and was not readily rediscovered.

Few written documents and buildings of this time remain. From this it has been concluded that little was accomplished culturally or academically. However, how much was actually achieved, but was destroyed during the migration of nations and was not readily rediscovered.