re: Most famous/memorable/iconic moment in Human History?

quote:

---

And here's the one that Christianity started: The Dark Ages

---

Please do yourself a favor and learn some history so you don't look like a low-information type. From your own link:

quote:

---

The term once characterized the bulk of the Middle Ages, or roughly the 6th to 13th centuries, as a period of intellectual darkness between extinguishing the "light of Rome" after the end of Late Antiquity, and the rise of the Italian Renaissance in the 14th century.[3][5] This definition is still found in popular use,[1][2][6] but increased recognition of the accomplishments of the Middle Ages has led to the label being restricted in application. Since the 20th century, it is frequently applied to the earlier part of the era, the Early Middle Ages (c. 5th–10th century).[7][8] However, many modern scholars who study the era tend to avoid the term altogether for its negative connotations, finding it misleading and inaccurate for any part of the Middle Ages

---

The Dark Ages are a myth.

Not to mention the fact that they began when Rome fell to pagan barbarians in 476. And the fact that Western Roman civilization went into decline long before Christianity. The Republic was lost before the birth of Jesus. The Empire reached its peak during the reign of Trajan (98-117 AD), two centuries before Christianity was even legal. The decline of the Empire is accepted by any serious historian as having begun with the accession of Commodus (yes, that one) to the throne in 180.