SHORT ESSAY ON THE GREAT MIGRATION

Abstract

This short article aims to briefly present the phenomenon of great migration that occurred from the 4th century B.C. to the 13 th century A.D. It evolved as a constant movement of peoples to areas of Europe ruled by the Roman Empire. The great migration led to the destruction of the R oman civilisation. Another consequence was the birth of modern peoples of Europe. As regards the western part of the continent, Germanic peoples played an important role in the structure of the new modern peoples. In Eastern Europe, the Slavic peoples were the catalyser that contributed to the formation of modern peoples.

Keywords

• migration
• antiquity
• the Middle Ages
• developmen t
• consequences