The Dark Ages is a sobering reminder of what unfolds when concentrated power rests in the hands of the wealthy and ideologically extreme.
Spanning roughly from the fall of the Western Roman Empire to the onset of the Renaissance, the Dark Ages bore witness to the suffocation of intellectual progress, widespread oppression, and the unchecked authority of both feudal elites and religious institutions.
The world retreated into a mire of ignorance and superstition, as ruling classes exploited their positions to enrich themselves at the expense of the broader populace.
Knowledge, once flourishing under classical civilizations, became the closely guarded privilege of a few, with education and literacy denied to the masses.
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