They ARE NOT NATIVE TO EUROPE!
The
Migration Period, also known as the
Barbarian Invasions, was a period in
European history marked by large-scale migrations that saw the
fall of the Western Roman Empire and subsequent settlement of its former territories by various tribes, and the establishment of the
post-Roman kingdoms.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Migration_Period
Germanic tribes prior to migration
Further information:
Proto-Germanic,
Pre-Roman Iron Age (Northern Europe), and
Marcomannic Wars
Germanic peoples moved out of southern
Scandinavia and northern Germany
[9][10] to the adjacent lands between the
Elbe and
Oder after 1000 BC. The first wave moved westward and southward (pushing the resident
Celts west to the
Rhine around 200 BC), moving into
southern Germany up to the Roman provinces of
Gaul and
Cisalpine Gaul by 100 BC, where they were stopped by
Gaius Marius and later by
Julius Caesar. It is this western group which was described by the Roman historian
Tacitus (AD 56–117) and Julius Caesar (100–44 BC). A later wave of Germanic tribes migrated eastward and southward from Scandinavia, between 600 and 300 BC, to the opposite coast of the
Baltic Sea, moving up the
Vistula near the
Carpathian Mountains. During
Tacitus' era they included lesser-known tribes such as the
Tencteri,
Cherusci,
Hermunduri and
Chatti; however, a period of federation and intermarriage resulted in the familiar groups known as the
Alemanni,
Franks,
Saxons,
Frisians and
Thuringians.
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The Germanic migrations can be divided into three main phases:
The first phase of migrations are of the Indo-Europeans. Indo-European is the general name given to the people thought to be originated from the steppes of central Asia. Around 5000-4000 BC., these people started to emigrate to the warmer places in the south or west. Most scholars think of this as the beginning of the distinction between Indo-European tribes. Tribes who emigrated to the west became the ancestors of Germans, Slavs, Greeks, Latins, and Celts. People who chose the south as their destination came to be known as Indo-Iranians. There are also a rather small group of people who most likely chose not to participate in this great migration. These later entered the pages of history as Scythians and Sarmatians, although they are also believed to be nomadic Indo-Iranians since their language and customes are closely tide to the Ancient Persians.
The second phase, between 300 to 675 AD, set in motion the Germanic migration age and resulted in putting Germanic peoples in control of the societies of the former Western Roman Empire.
Also the original population of "Europe" was NOT "White".