Great Migration
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The Great Migration was a massive movement of various peoples and tribes across Europe during the late antiquity period, which significantly reshaped the continent’s demographic and political landscape.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Great Migration canonical | 1 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Late Antiquity phenomenon
ⓘ
historical event ⓘ population movement ⓘ |
| affected |
Byzantine Empire
ⓘ
Byzantine Empire ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Roman Empire
Western Roman Empire ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Migration Period in Europe
ⓘ
surface form:
Migration Period
Fall of the Western Roman Empire ⓘ
surface form:
Völkerwanderung
|
| cause |
climatic changes
ⓘ
political instability in the Roman Empire ⓘ population pressure ⓘ pressure from the Huns ⓘ |
| effect |
collapse of the Western Roman Empire
ⓘ
decline of Roman urban centers in some regions ⓘ ethnic reshaping of Europe ⓘ formation of Germanic kingdoms in Western Europe ⓘ militarization of frontier regions ⓘ spread of Germanic languages ⓘ spread of Slavic languages in Eastern Europe ⓘ transition from Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages ⓘ |
| endTime | 8th century ⓘ |
| involved |
Alans
ⓘ
Angles ⓘ Avars ⓘ Burgundians ⓘ Franks ⓘ Gepids ⓘ Germanic peoples ⓘ Goths ⓘ Heruli ⓘ Huns ⓘ Jutes ⓘ Lombards ⓘ Goths ⓘ
surface form:
Ostrogoths
Rugii ⓘ Saxons ⓘ Slavs ⓘ
surface form:
Slavic peoples
Suebi ⓘ Thuringians ⓘ Vandals ⓘ Goths ⓘ
surface form:
Visigoths
early Slavic tribes ⓘ |
| mainRegion | Europe ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Anglo-Saxons
ⓘ
surface form:
Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain
Fall of the Western Roman Empire ⓘ
surface form:
Barbarian invasions
Fall of the Western Roman Empire ⓘ Late Roman–Hunnic conflicts ⓘ
surface form:
Hunnic invasions
Lombard invasion of Italy ⓘ Vandal conquest of North Africa (439 CE) ⓘ
surface form:
Vandal conquest of North Africa
|
| startTime | 4th century ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Late Antiquity ⓘ |
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