ABOUT MIGRATION
Yesterday I wrote about my own Danish tribe, the CIMBRIANS. And about their huge migration to the south more than a hundred years BC. This migration was part of what has been normal during history. Not only for my tribe - but almost for all tribe. People have always migrated. Starting 30.000 years ago out of Ethiopia. We all come from there.
After the fall of the Roman Empire in the 5th century lots of people started moving. And for many reasons. Wars, hunger, draughts, floods, attacks from outside ( such as the Huns ), etc. The Anglo-Saxon invation of England in the years from 410-825 was one of them. Germanic people coming from present day Germany (Sachsen), Angel and the Freasians. Some people from my home region. Himmerland, joined in too. They were called Jutes. They settled in particular in Kent in the South-East of England.
See more here:
Later the VIKINGS arrived. They also came from Denmark - and from Norway and Sweden.
See more about their arrival in England from 825:
Many more more people were also on the move. Then and later.
This is how the world has become what it is today. People on the move. People mixing with each other. People developing new lands. People bringing their cultures and habits around the world, not least also in Europe.
So today's migrations are nothing new. They are a continuation of what always has happened.
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