...thumb|300px|Germanic |Thing, drawn after the depiction in a relief of the Column of Marcus Aurelius (193)]The Germanic peoples (also called Teutonic in older literature) are a historical ethno-linguistic group, originating in Northern Europe and identified by their use of the Indo-European Germanic languages, which diversified out of Common Germanic in the course of the Pre-Roman Iron Age. The descendants of these peoples became, and in many areas contributed to, the ethnic groups of North Western Europe: the Germans, Belgians, Norwegians, Swedish, Finland-Swedes, Estonian Swedes, Danish, Faroese, English, Scots, Icelanders, Austrians, Dutch and Flemish, and the inhabitants of Switzerland, Alsace and Friesland on the continent. Read full entry
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What's the legacy of ancient What did they offered to
western societies? I have read
somewhere that they formed the
basis of our corporate unions,
but I did not understand it
well.
P.S. I mean the Germanic
tribes who fought against
Roman Empire and later who
occupied it.
And something about our moral
beliefs or laws I am comfused!
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The concept of Common Law comes from the Germanic Tribes. Also, our court system is based on their law. In order for a man to be found innocent of a crime he needed to find 12 people to stand for him. This lead to the idea of a jury of our peers made up of 12 people. The days of our week are from the Germanic tribes. Tuesday is Tyr's day Wednesday is Woden's day (Woden is another name for the god Odin) Thursday is Thor's day and Friday is Frey's day. These are just 2 simple examples of how the Germanic tribes influenced western civilization. To be honest you could write a book on your question. |
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in what year was western roman germanic tribes took over the
western part of the roman
empire and i am trying to find
out what year that was
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The last Roman Emperor of the west was deposed in 476 AD. A number of Germanic tribes (Vandals, Visigoths, Burgundians) had already settled inside the western empire before that. |
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what are the 3 germanic tribes what are the 3 germanic tribes
that invaded ancient england
around 449 AD???
what were the two division of
the early english people??
pls.... i nid the answer
pls.... help me
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The two main divisions of the early Britons would probably be the Romano-British (those descended from the Roman occupants and the native British who adopted Roman ways) and the true 'native' British, who we'll call the 'Welsh' because they moved westwards (to the area of modern Wales, Cornwall, and south west Scotalnd) as the Germanic tribes invaded (and Wales was more or less named after them). The main Germanic invaders were the Jutes, Angles and Saxons. England was named after the Angles (Angle-land). |
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