(December 28, 2015 at 1:24 pm)excitedpenguin Wrote:(December 28, 2015 at 1:11 pm)Nestor Wrote: Um, no. The dark ages were not "caused" by "religion."
What were they caused by? It seems to me like he hit the nail on the head on that one.
The dark ages were caused by the fall of the Roman Empire.
The time period was heavily exploited by religion though. People in general were in despair all across Europe, Asia, and Africa making them easy prey for Catholicism and Islam.
Just my .02