How the Slavic Migration Reshaped Central and Eastern Europe

DNA Study Reveals How the Slavic Migration Reshaped Europe

Christian Bishop displacing pagan Slavic deities. Credit: Cristian Violatti / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 A new large-scale genetic study has revealed that the Slavic migration reshaped Europe in lasting ways by changing the continent’s demographic, linguistic, and cultural makeup beginning in the 6th century CE. By sequencing more than 550 ancient genomes, an international team of researchers has traced the movement of Slavic groups from a region between p…

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How the Slavic migration reshaped Central and Eastern Europe

The spread of the Slavs stands as one of the most formative yet least understood events in European history. Starting in the 6th century CE, Slavic groups began to appear in the written records of Byzantine and Western sources, settling lands from the Baltic to the Balkans, and from the Elbe to the Volga. Yet, in stark contrast to the famous migrations of Germanic tribes like the Goths or Langobards or the legendary conquests of the Huns, the Sl…

Ancient DNA clarifies the early history of the Slavs

A study examines the emergence of a group that sparked a fundamental change in lifestyle in Central and Eastern Europe in the sixth century. A study examines the emergence of a group that sparked a fundamental change in lifestyle in Central and Eastern Europe in the sixth century.

How the Slavic migration reshaped Central and Eastern Europe - Tech and Science Post

The spread of the Slavs stands as one of the most formative yet least understood events in European history. Starting in the 6th century CE, Slavic groups began to appear in the written records of Byzantine and Western sources, settling lands from the Baltic to the Balkans, and from the Elbe to the Volga. Yet, in stark contrast to the famous migrations of Germanic tribes like the Goths or Langobards or the legendary conquests of the Huns, the Sl…