The Dark Ages are a Dark Period of Time

The Middle Ages, or Dark Ages, are not a pretty site.  This time period is truly “dark.”  Some people may say that chivalry is a plus in the Dark Ages, but chivalry is just used to cause more wars.  Wars lead to chaos, and chaos to death and poverty.  No advancements are made during this time because everyone is way to preoccupied with war and other destructive hobbies.  Rulers are unfair and tax citizens very heavily to keep from getting in debt from all the war costs.  This makes the people in the Dark Ages very poor and most likely very uneducated.  The technology in this time is horrid because nobody is well educated or even care enough to create new and improved technology.  This time period really sets the people behind the time technology wise.  Only a few people have money really, and these people are the men in government and serfs.  These serfs  let other poor people live with them as long as they work for them.  This does not get the poor people upset because they have a place to live, food, and a job with the serfs.  The people of this time are used to this way of life so they are not affected by the mind set that life is not that great.  Rulers are not fair and people do not seem to care, but the time period suffers because of these rulers.  All the people of this time are concerned about is figuring out how to get their next meal or pay off their debt.  The people do not hare who is ruling just how to deal with it.  These very “dark” ages of time are poverty stricken, have many wars, and are uneducated, this is a horrible lifestyle. 

The Dark Ages Response

I agree that the Dark Ages should be known as the Dark Ages. This period of trouble rulers and troubled people make up a very sad, disturbing, “dark” era.  With  the constant wars and battles and the loss of technology mentioned, the people of this time have not much to live for.  With a civilization that cannot even read and write, but is only concerned about how to get their next meal or where to live, a civilization cannot get very much accomplished.  With the extreme poverty, and the massive rulers the people have no say in how their lives are run.  The religion rage is also another big deal.  This rage is a cause of most the wars in this time period.  The wars between Christians and Muslims tell back to the Dark Ages.  Still the constant fight over the right religion exists.  There is one thing that I disagree with in Tucker’s response.  During this time period there are rulers, some rulers are unknown but still there are rulers.  With rulers it is not possible for Anarchy but more a bunch of Dictatorships.  These rulers are one of the main causes for the Dark Ages with all the poverty and uneducated people.  The rulers start wars and make other bad decisions.  There are definitely rulers in the Dark ages, they may not be good rulers, or even well known rulers, but with rulers it is not possible for an Anarchy.