The fall of Rome in 410 AD. All government and services were gone and the people had no protection from invading tribes.
Which is true, however they were never as Dark as we tend to think. It was during this time that the Vikings developed an Empire which included (parts of) Ireland, Scotland, England, France, Russia and the Lebanon (contemporary names used). Part of the problem is that the later historians were nearly all Christian clergy, therefore only too happy to present this period as a disaster era until Christianity conquered all.
It wasn't. The dark ages began after the fall of the Roman Empire
tribes that overran the Roman Empire and brought about the dark ages APEX
The Dark Ages is a historical periodization used for the Middle Ages, following the decline of the Roman Empire
At the end of the Roman Empire the next stage is called the Dark Ages. 500 to 1500 AD. Then the Middle Ages (Medieval) followed by the Rennaisance which is the coming out of the dark ages.
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The dark ages were a period of time in Western Europe, prior to 1000 AD, known as such because of the general lack of highly centralized government as was known under the Roman rule. This was caused by a falling apart of the Roman empire, which was caused by a number of circumstances, one being the pressures put on the Roman Empire by migratory tribes from eastern Europe (the Huns, Vandals, Visigoth, etc.). The dark ages were categorized by localized government, lower trade, some loss of scholarship, and migratory movement of people groups.
became the dark ages
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After the height of the Roman Empire comes the decline of the Roman Empire
The event which historians consider as marking the end of the western part of the Roman Empire and the beginning of the Middle Ages (not dark ages) is the deposition of Romulus Augustus, the last emperor of the western part of the empire in 476.
The Dark Ages is a historical periodization used for the Middle Ages, following the decline of the Roman Empire
The Middle Ages (the term Dark Ages has been out of favour for quite some time) was the period which followed the fall of the Roman Empire. Therefore, it no longer existed.