Migration Period in Europe

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Late Antiquity phenomenon historical period

The Migration Period in Europe was a transformative era from roughly the 4th to 8th centuries marked by widespread movements of Germanic, Slavic, and other peoples that contributed to the decline of the Western Roman Empire and the formation of medieval European kingdoms.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Migration Period	17
early Migration Period	1

Statements (68)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Late Antiquity phenomenon ⓘ historical period ⓘ
affectedEntity	Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Eastern Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Barbarian Invasions NERFINISHED ⓘ Völkerwanderung NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterizedBy	decline of urban life in Western Europe ⓘ fusion of Roman and Germanic institutions ⓘ large-scale migrations ⓘ military invasions ⓘ ruralization of the economy ⓘ settlement within former Roman territories ⓘ transformation of Roman frontier provinces ⓘ
endTime	8th century ⓘ
followed	Crisis of the Third Century NERFINISHED ⓘ Principate phase of the Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedBy	Early Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCause	climatic and environmental changes in Late Antiquity ⓘ internal weaknesses of the Western Roman Empire ⓘ movements of Huns and other steppe peoples ⓘ population movements of Germanic peoples ⓘ population movements of Slavic peoples ⓘ pressure from nomadic confederations in Eurasian steppe ⓘ
hasTopic	ethnogenesis of medieval European peoples ⓘ transition from Antiquity to the Middle Ages ⓘ
involvedGroup	Alamanni NERFINISHED ⓘ Alans NERFINISHED ⓘ Angles NERFINISHED ⓘ Avars NERFINISHED ⓘ Bavarians NERFINISHED ⓘ Burgundians NERFINISHED ⓘ Franks NERFINISHED ⓘ Gepids NERFINISHED ⓘ Heruli NERFINISHED ⓘ Huns NERFINISHED ⓘ Jutes NERFINISHED ⓘ Lombards NERFINISHED ⓘ Ostrogoths NERFINISHED ⓘ Saxons NERFINISHED ⓘ Slavs NERFINISHED ⓘ Suebi NERFINISHED ⓘ Thuringians NERFINISHED ⓘ Vandals NERFINISHED ⓘ Visigoths NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainRegion	Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Late Antiquity NERFINISHED ⓘ
resultedIn	Christianization of many Germanic peoples ⓘ decline of the Western Roman Empire ⓘ emergence of medieval European kingdoms ⓘ ethnic and linguistic reshaping of Europe ⓘ fall of the Western Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ formation of Germanic successor kingdoms ⓘ spread of Germanic languages in Western and Northern Europe ⓘ spread of Latin-based Romance languages in Western Europe ⓘ spread of Slavic languages in Central and Eastern Europe ⓘ
significantEvent	Battle of Adrianople (378) NERFINISHED ⓘ Gothic War (376–382) NERFINISHED ⓘ Lombard invasion of Italy (568) NERFINISHED ⓘ Slavic settlement of the Balkans NERFINISHED ⓘ Vandal crossing into North Africa (429) ⓘ crossing of the Rhine in 406 ⓘ deposition of Romulus Augustulus (476) ⓘ sack of Rome by the Visigoths (410) NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	4th century ⓘ
studiedBy	archaeologists ⓘ historians of Late Antiquity ⓘ historical linguists ⓘ