Description: A map of Asia, North Africa, and Western Europe showing the routes of various migrating and raiding peoples between 1 and 700 A.D. Circles on the map represent phases of settlement by various groups. This map shows the western migration of the Huns from Asia across Europe and India from the first century through the fifth century, the northward and westward migration of the Arabs from the Arabian Peninsula into Persia and across northern Africa in the seventh century, and various southwestern migrations of European groups, including the Vandals, Goths, Alans, Franks, Magyars, Slavs, and others. An inset map details the Gothic migrations in Western Europe, with general dates of settlements.
Place Names: Regional Miscellaneous, Africa, Asia, Europ
ISO Topic Categories: physical, kWorldMedSea, kWorldAfroAsia, kWorldEurasia, kWorldEuroAfrica
Keywords: Migration and Raiding, physical, physical features, physical, kWorldMedSea, kWorldAfroAsia, kWorldEurasia, kWorldEuroAfrica, Unknown, A.D. 1–700
Source: H. G. Wells, The Outline of History (New York, NY: The Macmillan Company, 1921) 483
Map Credit: Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman |
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