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Explanation: The 'Dark Ages', the first ~500 years of the Medieval period, are sometimes called such either because of the relative paucity of sources (modern) or because of the perceived ignorance of the period (somewhat outdated). The term itself is somewhat controversial in academia anymore - but don't ever tell a historian that it was called the Dark Ages because 'electricity was not yet invented'. You'll deserve whatever you get!
And in terms of the art, it's is a 12th Century German piece depicting the biblical assassination of Canaanite general Sisera by Jael, using a tent peg.
The second pane (Tomyris and Cyrus) is also fun.
Sisera and Jael, at Tanagra.