Barbarian Invasion and Vikings - c. 400-1000
As we studied before, the Barbarians were people who were foreigners to the main ruling countries, and in this case, they were people who were not submitted to the Roman rule. The Barbarians and Vikings were active in a time that was known as the Middle Ages. They were fair-skinned people who were warriors. They scavenged any land that they conquered. There were three main groups of Barbarians who ravaged different areas. The Visigoths took Rome in 410. The German Barbarians entered Roman Gaul in 406, and the Vandals attacked Spain in 409. (The word 'vandalism' comes from this word 'Vandals') They eventually conquered North Africa in 429. In 410, the Visigoths took Rome, and the Saxons invaded England in 450. Attila the Hun was finally stopped in Gaul in 451.
There was another group known as the Vikings. The ravaged the European Coast from 800-1000. The Vikings were robbers who spent a lot of time on the sea to try to plunder new lands. They were light skinned people with blue eyes, mainly from Scandinavia.
In 1453, Mohammed II conquered Constantinople, which ended the influence of the Barbarians and Vikings. This was the end up these pillaging fighters for good.
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