ECONOMICS (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The Migration Period was a historical period sometimes called the Dark Ages, Late Antiquity, or the Early Middle Ages. The period lasted from the fall of Rome to about the year 1000, with a brief hiatus during the flowering of the Carolingian court established by Charlemagne.

Detailed explanation-2: -The term, Dark Ages was coined by the scholar, Petrarch, during the Renaissance. This time period began after the fall of the Western Roman Empire. The Dark Ages were called that name due to a supposed period of decline in culture and science.

Detailed explanation-3: -“Dark Ages” usually refers to the 900 years of European history between the 5th and 14th centuries. Have you heard that this was a period of stalled advancements in science or culture?

Detailed explanation-4: -To many historians, the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century CE has always been viewed as the end of the ancient world and the onset of the Middle Ages, often improperly called the Dark Ages, despite Petrarch’s assertion.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Dark Ages is a categorization commonly used to describe the period between the fall of the Roman Empire and the beginning of the Italian Renaissance and the Age of Exploration. Roughly speaking, the Dark Ages corresponds to the Middle Ages, or from 500 to 1500 AD.