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History buffs - what was the most impactful migration of peoples
Posted on 8/8/20 at 7:12 pm
Posted on 8/8/20 at 7:12 pm
Setting aside the migration to the Americas.
I remember reading an old Encyclopedia Britannica article many years ago that started something like: "at the beginning of the common era there were no Franks in France, no Angles in England, no Rus in Russia, etc. I think this applies for Huns in Hungary, Turks in Turkey, etc.
So, what was the biggest one or at least the one that had the most impact going forward.
I remember reading an old Encyclopedia Britannica article many years ago that started something like: "at the beginning of the common era there were no Franks in France, no Angles in England, no Rus in Russia, etc. I think this applies for Huns in Hungary, Turks in Turkey, etc.
So, what was the biggest one or at least the one that had the most impact going forward.
This post was edited on 8/8/20 at 7:18 pm
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Posted on 8/8/20 at 7:13 pm to Methuselah
Mexicans into Texas
Posted on 8/8/20 at 7:13 pm to Methuselah
2019 LSU Bandwagon.
Posted on 8/8/20 at 7:13 pm to Methuselah
Pretty sure it was the Indian Pakistan Muslim migration
Posted on 8/8/20 at 7:14 pm to Methuselah
quote:I’m pretty sure you’re not supposed to use the n word here.
(besides the one to the n
ETA: You’ve been around a while, YOU figure it out.
This post was edited on 8/8/20 at 7:15 pm
Posted on 8/8/20 at 7:14 pm to Methuselah
Why would you set that aside?
Posted on 8/8/20 at 7:15 pm to Methuselah
the Sea Peoples migrating into the eastern Mediterranean and absolutely frickin shite up
Posted on 8/8/20 at 7:17 pm to Methuselah
For modern geopolitics, Zionist Jews into the Levant and later British Mandatory Palestine.
This post was edited on 8/8/20 at 7:19 pm
Posted on 8/8/20 at 7:17 pm to Methuselah
Moses taking the Jews to Jerusalem
Posted on 8/8/20 at 7:18 pm to Methuselah
Mongolians all over Asia if we are counting conquests.
The Moors into Spain and Western Europe
The Danes into England.
The Moors into Spain and Western Europe
The Danes into England.
This post was edited on 8/8/20 at 7:19 pm
Posted on 8/8/20 at 7:19 pm to Methuselah
quote:
what was the most impactful migration of peoples
Running of the Gumps
Posted on 8/8/20 at 7:21 pm to Methuselah
Southern African Americans to the Rust Belt, West and Midwest
This post was edited on 8/8/20 at 7:22 pm
Posted on 8/8/20 at 7:21 pm to SidetrackSilvera
quote:
Why would you set that aside?
Because I think one would probably win by a landslide because of how big it was, the impact it had and it's relative recency.
Posted on 8/8/20 at 7:23 pm to Methuselah
The migration off the planet, which is just now getting underway.
Posted on 8/8/20 at 7:25 pm to Methuselah
Mongols to the islands of Japan.
quote:
As a result of this war, there was a growing recognition in China that the Japanese were brave and violent, and the invasion of Japan was futile. In the era of the Ming Dynasty, invasion into Japan was discussed three times, but it was never carried out considering the result of this war.[53][54][55]
This post was edited on 8/8/20 at 7:33 pm
Posted on 8/8/20 at 7:34 pm to sgallo3
quote:
the Sea Peoples migrating into the eastern Mediterranean and absolutely frickin shite up
Yeah. I think that is a pretty big one. But isn't it kind of obscured in the pre-history/history era where not all that much is known about it.
I thought about the settling of Oceania too, and that one I think is pretty much pre-history so I'm not sure what exactly we know about how it occurred.
Posted on 8/8/20 at 7:36 pm to Methuselah
Who the hell were the Sea peoples?
Posted on 8/8/20 at 7:49 pm to Methuselah
The Kangz south of Florida Blvd
Posted on 8/8/20 at 7:52 pm to Dandy Lion
quote:
Who the hell were the Sea peoples?
Posted on 8/8/20 at 7:55 pm to Fun Bunch
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Mongolians all over Asia if we are counting conquests.
The Moors into Spain and Western Europe
The Danes into England.
Yes. Conquests definitely count. A lot of the migrations have some form or another of conquest in them.
The Mongolian invasions were definitely huge and successful. I don't know enough about them to know how lasting they were - did the Mongols and their culture stay entrenched more or less permanently? I know Ghengis Khan's DNA supposedly is present in a large number of people alive today in certain areas, but I just don't know if their "civilization" made lasting impressions or not.
The Danes in England are a really interesting case. At one time they controlled a large area of it (Danelaw) and there are still plenty of words/place-names, etc which show their impact. Then when the Saxons finally got the upper hand, the Normans who started out as part of the same northern invations (I don't know if they were Danes, Norse or what) took over.
I think the Moors pretty much lost Spain.
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