http://thestormypresent.com/ocean/2008/04/14/on-the-dark-ages-being-dark/ Bursts of Clarity, Illuminated. Thu, 07 May 2009 15:48:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://thestormypresent.com/ocean/2008/04/14/on-the-dark-ages-being-dark/comment-page-1/#comment-52 FlannelDoormat Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:09:32 +0000 http://thestormypresent.com/ocean/2008/04/14/on-the-dark-ages-being-dark/#comment-52 I'd like to point out that the term "dark ages" applies largely to european history, and other cultures were doing fantastic things at the time. There is a facinating PBS show called "cracking the Mayan code" that focuses on translating the complicated (and largely artistic) glyphs inscribed in ruin stones in MesoAmerica. They had their own history going on, which we never hear about because they weren't white so our traditional historians didn't care, it's not necessarily that the information isn't available, it's that what we have is not understood. I’d like to point out that the term “dark ages” applies largely to european history, and other cultures were doing fantastic things at the time. There is a facinating PBS show called “cracking the Mayan code” that focuses on translating the complicated (and largely artistic) glyphs inscribed in ruin stones in MesoAmerica. They had their own history going on, which we never hear about because they weren’t white so our traditional historians didn’t care, it’s not necessarily that the information isn’t available, it’s that what we have is not understood.

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