The historical period known as the Dark Ages actually occurred
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While modern historians generally deprecate or avoid the term due to its pejorative and misleading implications, the historical periods labeled as the Dark Ages (such as the Early Middle Ages or Greek Dark Ages) did occur.
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Wikipedia: Late Bronze Age collapse
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britannica.com: How Long Were the Dark Ages? | Europe, Dates, History, & Facts
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Notes the term Dark Ages was previously used to describe a European historical period.
en.wikipedia.org: Dark Ages (historiography)
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Explains the historiographical concept of the Dark Ages, though the term is now deprecated by historians.