How the Barbarian Invasions Shaped the Modern World
The Vikings, Vandals, Huns, Mongols, Goths, and Tartars who Razed the Old World and Formed the New
Veteran author Thomas J. Craughwell reveals the fascinating tales of how the barbarian rampages across Europe, North Africa, and Asia -- killing, plundering, and destroying whole kingdoms and empires -- actually created the modern nations of England, France, Russia, and China.
Migrations of nationsMiddle AgesHistoryNonfictionRome, history, germanic invasions, 3rd-6th centuries