What was the period before the enlightenment called?
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Within the early modern period, what was before the enlightenment?
Petrine Era
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What period came before the period containing the enlightenment?
Middle Ages
List of time periods
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20time%20periods
The Age of Enlightenment (also known as the Age of Reason or simply the Enlightenment)[note 2] was an intellectual and philosophical movement that dominated the world of ideas in Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries.
Age of Enlightenment
Middle Ages – Lasted from the 5th to the 15th century.  
List of time periods
Although the chronological limits of this period are open to debate, the time frame spans the period after the late post-classical or Middle Ages (c. 1400–1500) through the beginning of the Age of Revolutions (c. 1800).
Early modern period
Petrine Era (Russia, 1689–1725)
List of time periods
Although the chronological limits of this period are open to debate, the period of Enlightenment in Europe is said to have lasted between the 17th and 18th centuries. The period of time before that is described as the middle ages. The Petrine Era (Russia, 1689–1725) would fall under this time period. 