[gothic-l] The Role of Migration

[Bertil Haggman]

The role of migration is indeed important. Andrew
Bell-Fialkoff in his pathbreaking study of 2000
(_The Role of Migration in the History of the Eurasian
Steppe_ , Macmillan) provided detailed views on
the Celts, early Germanic migrations, the Slavs and
the Scandinavian Vikings. The nomadic migrations
are treated in essays such as "Horses and Gold" by
Rebecca W. Wendelken on the Scythians, the Last
of the Iranians (the Alans and the Sarmatians),
the Huns and the later Mongolian
impact in Eurasia in an essay by Christopher
Kaplonski.

The book explored the long-tern interaction among
three socioeconomic formations: societies based
on sedentary agriculture, the tribes of the forst zones
and the nomads of the Eurasian steppe. That is
a history spanning more than 3,000 years and
conceptually is related to Thomas Barfield, _
The Perilous Frontier_ (1989) extended to
Europe.

Bertil Haggman




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