Middle ages started in 410 AD with the fall of Rome and ended inthe 1400's with the age of exploration. It was a 1,000 years of"darkness" and superstition. read more
The Dark Ages are only a subset of the Middle Ages. They are the first 300 years or so of the roughly 1000 year period called the Middle Ages. This was a period of political and economic tough times. It was not a Mad Max apocalypse hellscape like some would lead you to believe. read more