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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.] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20071209064029/http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-3274629/False-conflict-Christianity-is-not.html#abstract Archived version])</ref><ref name="Questia">https://www.questia.com/magazine/1G1-109668527/false-conflict-christianity-is-not-only-compatible</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><ref name="Questia">https://www.questia.com/magazine/1G1-109668527/false-conflict-christianity-is-not-only-compatible</ref>}}