Black earth, black land or dark earth may refer to:

Places

Black Earth (town), Wisconsin The Town of Black Earth is located in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 510 at the 2020 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 17.3 square miles (44.8 km2), ...

, a town in the U.S. state of Wisconsin *

Black Earth, Wisconsin Black Earth is a village in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,338 at the 2010 census. The village is located within the Town of Black Earth. It is part of the Madison Metropolitan Statistical Area. History In 1851, the ...

, a village in the U.S. state of Wisconsin *

Black Earth, Wisconsin (Potawatomi village) Black Earth (Potawatomi: ''Ma-Kah-Da-We-Kah-Mich-Cock'') was a village inhabited by Potawatomi, Odawa, and Ojibwe people that was located in the present-day Town of Carlton, Kewaunee County, Wisconsin. Inhabited by Native Americans for several hu ...

, a former Native American village in the U.S. state of Wisconsin * Central Black Earth economic region, one of 12 economic regions of Russia *

Central Black Earth Region The Central Black Earth Region, Central Chernozem Region or ''Chernozemie'' (russian: Центрально-черноземная область, Центральная черноземная область, Центрально-черноз ...

, of Central Russia

In science and technology

Archaeology

* Black Earth, the archaeology site at Carrier Mills, Illinois, United States, that was discovered before the strip mining * Dark earth, or black earth, a geological and archaeological term *

Terramare Terramare, terramara, or terremare is a technology complex mainly of the central Po valley, in Emilia, Northern Italy, dating to the Middle and Late Bronze Age c. 1700–1150 BC. It takes its name from the "black earth" residue of settlement ...

, or Black Earth, a technology complex of north Italy

Soil science

* Black earth, the original meaning of chernozem, a type of humus-rich soil * Black earth, the English translation of the Portuguese ''

terra preta ''Terra preta'' (, locally , literally "black soil" in Portuguese) is a type of very dark, fertile anthropogenic soil ( anthrosol) found in the Amazon Basin. It is also known as "Amazonian dark earth" or "Indian black earth". In Portuguese its ful ...

'', or ''terra prêta do índio'', very dark soils found in the Amazon Basin

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

* Black Earth, the Sindarin translation of

Mordor In J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional world of Middle-earth, Mordor (pronounced ; from Sindarin ''Black Land'' and Quenya ''Land of Shadow'') is the realm and base of the evil Sauron. It lay to the east of Gondor and the great river Anduin, and to t ...

, a fictional location in J. R. R. Tolkien's universe of Middle-earth * Black Earth areas 1 and 2, in the ''

Mega Man Battle Network 4 ''Mega Man Battle Network 4'' is a video game developed by Capcom for the Game Boy Advance (GBA) handheld game console. It is the fourth game in the ''Mega Man Battle Network'' series. The European version featured a completely different logo, whi ...

'' ''Blue Moon'' and ''Red Sun'' versions

Music

*Black Earth, a group comprising current and ex-members of Arch Enemy, named after the 1996 Arch Enemy album * ''Black Earth'' (Arch Enemy album), a 1996 album by the Swedish melodic death metal band Arch Enemy * ''Black Earth'' (Bohren & der Club of Gore album), a 2002 album by the German ambient jazz band Bohren & Der Club of Gore * ''Black Earth'', an album by Turkish pianist

Fazıl Say Fazıl Say (; born 14 January 1970 in Ankara) is a Turkish pianist and composer. Life and career Fazıl Say was born in 1970. His father, Ahmet Say was an author and musicologist. His mother, Gürgün Say was a pharmacist. His grandfather Fa ...

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* '' Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning'', a 2015 book by historian Timothy D. Snyder * ''

Black Earth Rising ''Black Earth Rising'' is a 2018 British television miniseries written and directed by Hugo Blick, about the prosecution of international war criminals. The series is a co-production between BBC Two and Netflix. The show aired on BBC Two in th ...

'', a 2018 television drama series * ''Dark Earth'' (video game), a 1997 post-apocalyptic adventure game * ''Black Earth'' (film), a 1923 German silent film