The misnomer ''Dark Ages'' is what they drummed into you at...

The misnomer ''Dark Ages'' is what they drummed into you at school - this period was anything but dark

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/sci... propaganda, major,-collar), warfare (cannons

''Contrary to Enlightenment propaganda, major advances were made in all areas during the so-called Dark Ages – science and education (universities), power generation (water and wind mills), architecture (gothic architecture, eg Chartres Cathedral), agriculture (crop-rotation, heavy plough, horse-collar), warfare (cannons, heavy-armoured cavalry), music (musical notation) and much more.''

and that's without mentioning the great scientific contributions from the Islamic world

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_world_contributions_to_Medieval_Europe