In history and sociology

• Dark Ages (historiography), the concept of a period of intellectual darkness that supposedly occurred in Europe following the collapse of the Western Roman Empire.
  • the European Middle Ages
    Middle Ages
    The Middle Ages is a periodization of European history from the 5th century to the 15th century. The Middle Ages follows the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 and precedes the Early Modern Era. It is the middle period of a three-period division of Western history: Classic, Medieval and Modern...
    
     (5th to 15th centuries AD), especially:
    • depiction of the Middle Ages in popular culture
    • the Western European Early Middle Ages
      Early Middle Ages
      The Early Middle Ages was the period of European history lasting from the 5th century to approximately 1000. The Early Middle Ages followed the decline of the Western Roman Empire and preceded the High Middle Ages...
      
       (ca. 500 to 1000 AD)
    • the Migration period
      Migration Period
      The Migration Period, also called the Barbarian Invasions , was a period of intensified human migration in Europe that occurred from c. 400 to 800 CE. This period marked the transition from Late Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages...
      
       of ca. 300 to 700 AD
    • the saeculum obscurum or "dark age" in the history of the Papacy, running from 904-964
  • Note: medieval historians today usually avoid the term "Dark Ages" for the above periods, see Dark Ages (historiography) for further discussion.
• the Greek Dark Ages
  Greek Dark Ages
  The Greek Dark Age or Ages also known as Geometric or Homeric Age are terms which have regularly been used to refer to the period of Greek history from the presumed Dorian invasion and end of the Mycenaean Palatial civilization around 1200 BC, to the first signs of the Greek city-states in the 9th...
  
   (ca. 1100 BC–750 BC), a period in the history of Ancient Greece and Anatolia from which no records, and only scant archaeological evidence, survive. Tied into the wider Bronze Age collapse.
• the Dark Ages of Cambodia
  Dark ages of Cambodia
  The Dark Ages of Cambodia, covers the history of Cambodia from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century, a period of continued decline and territorial loss. Cambodia enjoyed a brief period of prosperity during the sixteenth century because its kings, who built their capitals in the region southeast...
  
   (ca. 1450-1863)
• a hypothetical Digital Dark Age
  Digital Dark Age
  The digital dark age is a possible future situation where it will be difficult or impossible to read historical digital documents and multimedia, because they have been stored in an obsolete and obscure digital format...
  
  

In astrophysics

• Dark Ages, in Big Bang cosmology, a nickname for the time between Recombination (of electrons with hydrogen and helium nuclei) and Reionization

In music

• Dark Ages (album)
  Dark Ages (album)
  -Credits:*Max Cavalera - Lead vocals, Guitar, Sitar, Producer, Berimbau*Marc Rizzo - Guitar, Vocals, Flamenco guitar*Bobby Burns - Bass*Joe Nunez - Drums, Percussion*Billy Milano - Vocals on "Motolov"*David Ellefson - Bass on "Riotstarter"...
  
   by Soulfly
• The Dark Ages, an EP by Andrea Parker
  Andrea Parker (DJ)
  Andrea Parker is a British electronic music producer, record label proprietor and DJ from Yalding, Kent. Despite having a background in cello playing, Parker was heavily influenced by electronic pioneers such as Art Of Noise and Jean Michel Jarre...
  
  
• "Dark Ages", a song by Jethro Tull on their 1979 album Stormwatch
  Stormwatch (album)
  Stormwatch is the twelfth studio album by the rock group Jethro Tull. It is considered the last in the trilogy of folk-rock albums by Jethro Tull...
  
  
• "Dark Ages", a song by the Yngwie J. Malmsteen on his 1986 album Trilogy
  Trilogy (Yngwie J. Malmsteen album)
  Trilogy is the third studio album by guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen, released in 1986 through Polydor Records.-Track listing:-Personnel:*Yngwie Malmsteen – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, Moog Taurus, bass guitar, mixing, production...
  
  
• "Dark Ages", a song by NoMeansNo
  Nomeansno
  NoMeansNo is a Canadian progressive punk rock music group originally from Victoria, British Columbia and now located in Vancouver.The band has never had, nor have they seemed to pursue, strong mainstream success, but they do have a devoted underground following in North America and Europe...
  
   on their 1988 album Small Parts Isolated and Destroyed
• Dark Age (band)
  Dark Age (band)
  Dark Age is a German melodic death metal band from Hamburg, Germany formed in 1994 by Eike Freese , André Schumann and Oliver Fliegel .- History :...
  
  , a German melodic death metal band
• Dark Ages (band)
  Dark Ages (band)
  Dark Ages is a minimalist dark ambient band from Ukraine formed in 2004 by the main member of Drudkh, Blood of Kingu and Hate Forest. They draw their lyrical themes from European medieval history...
  
  , a Ukrainian dark ambient band

In entertainment

• Dark Age of Comic Books (1986-late 1990s), a period in the American comics industry
• Dark Ages (1991 computer game)
  Dark Ages (1991 computer game)
  Dark Ages is a platform game written for MS-DOS, published by Apogee Software. It was the first shareware game to feature support for the AdLib sound card....
  
  , a platform game by Apogee Software
• Dark Ages (computer game)
  Dark Ages (computer game)
  Dark Ages is a MMORPG based on Celtic mythology, originally developed by Nexon and now operated by KRU Interactive. It is loosely based on the Korean game called Legend of Darkness. The American version was developed by David Ethan Kennerly who based it somewhat on the works of horror writer H. P....
  
  , an MMORPG by KRU Interactive
• Dark Ages (TV series)
  Dark Ages (TV series)
  Dark Ages is a British television sitcom, first broadcast as five thirty-minute episodes on ITV in December 1999. It portrayed medieval English villagers fearful of the turn of the new millennium in the year 999 AD, and parodied contemporary fears at the turn of the third millennium in 1999...
  
  , a 1999 ITV comedy series set in England in AS 999, parodying 1999's millennial fears
• The Dark Ages (2007), a 2-hour History Channel documentary directed by Christopher Cassel
• "The Dark Age", an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer