The Dark Ages refers to a perceived period of decline experienced in Western Europe after the fall of Rome.

Dark Ages may also refer to:

In history and sociology:

• any "Dark Age" of cultural decline:
  • any type of Societal collapse
  • the European "Dark Ages", which may refer specifically to:
    • the Western European Early Middle Ages (ca. 500 to 1000 AD)
    • the European Middle Ages (5th to 15th centuries AD)
    • the Migration period of ca. 300 to 700 AD
  • the Greek Dark Ages (ca. 1100 BC–750 BC), or Bronze Age collapse, a period in the history of Ancient Greece and Anatolia from which no records, and only scant archaeological evidence, survive
  • the Dark Ages of Cambodia (ca. 1450-1863)
  • a hypothetical Digital Dark Age
• The saeculum obscurum or "dark age" in the history of the Papacy, running from 904-964

In astrophysics, physics, and cosmology:

• 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), an album by Soulfly
• The Dark Ages, an EP by Andrea Parker
• "Dark Ages", a song by Jethro Tull on their 1979 album Stormwatch
• "Dark Ages", a song by the Yngwie J. Malmsteen on his 1986 album Trilogy
• Dark Age (band), a German melodic death metal band
• Dark Ages (band), 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), a platform game by Apogee Software
• Dark Ages (computer game), an MMORPG by KRU Interactive
• Dark Ages (server emulator), a short-lived server emulator for the MMORPG Dark Age of Camelot
• Dark Ages (TV series), 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

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