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Essay / The Red Man's Continent by Ellsworth Huntington man from one environment to another. This quote clearly expresses the important role that migrations have played in history. The migrations of large groups of people provide an important and crucial pattern in the study of all aspects of history. This was never more true than in medieval Europe, where several groups of people undertook great migrations over thousands of miles to all corners of the continent. These mass migrations are constant pillars of medieval European history. Specifically, the migration of the Goths to the Roman Empire altered the course of history ultimately leading to the fall of Western Rome. Likewise, Muslim migration to the Iberian Peninsula had strong impacts on the religious and cultural atmosphere of medieval Europe when the lifestyles of Muslim immigrants and indigenous Christian and Jewish communities collided as a direct result of the migration. Analysis of primary sources from this era sheds light on the details and impacts of these two migrations. Together, the migration patterns of Goths and Muslims helped shape the medieval European continent by giving rise to unique interactions between sharply contrasting cultures and religions. During the 4th century in medieval Europe, Gothic tribes undertook the considerable task of migrating to the Roman Empire. To understand how this migration affected Europe, it is important to understand why the Goths emigrated in the first place. Once the reasons for migration are understood, the consequences of migration and the overall impact of those consequences can be fully understood...... middle of document ...... peninsulas are just two examples many others which serve to underline the extreme importance of migrations in the history of medieval Europe. Migrations of large groups of people are characteristic of change and, true to this characterization, migrations caused drastic changes in the history of medieval Europe. The Gothic migration in the 4th century led to the fall of the Western Roman Empire, an event that had repercussions around the world. The migration of Muslims to the Iberian Peninsula in the 8th century caused a lasting change in the religious and cultural landscape of the Iberian Peninsula. The primary sources from this era contain a phenomenal overview of the effects of these migrations on Europe. The voices of medieval scholars and historians will forever tell of the importance of this dynamic period of movement and cultural collision to the history of the Middle Ages..
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