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I think you misunderstand the term "dark ages". It doesn't mean the world was dark or without light, but that people were living in chaos without government that wars were going on all around them, the Vikings were raiding villages and churches, and that learning had stopped. The Roman Empire had fallen and with them went civilization. No roads were repaired, no army protected, and it was every person for themselves.

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