Posted on 02/23/2003 5:14:18 PM PST by blam
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:41:52 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
The Teutons Goths Vandals And Huns
Germany, colour language: German, English, Polish, Hungarian, Russian, Danish, and Swedish/English Subtitles
production: ZDF Enterprises, Germany runtime: 60 min
This four part series examines the great barbaric invasions of Europe by using interviews with archaeologists and the creation of colourful and vivid renectments create a vivid picture of events.
The first episode traces the movements of the Germanic Teuton and Cimrion tribes who set out from Jutland in 120 BC in search of plentiful food and a warmer climate. 20 years later the Cimbrians met their fate at the hands of the Romans in northern Italy.
The second episode examines the Battle of Varus at which Romans suffered a disastrous defeat at the hand of the Cheruscans in 9 AD. This part also traces the movements of Gothic tribes across Baltic Sea from Scandinavia to new settlements in Central Europe.
The third episode examines the invasion of the Huns in 375 AD in East Europe. The army of the Huns appeared where they weren't expected and were known as the most hideous fighters. They were fast and extremely brutal. Due to their organizing abilities and obedience the Huns became a danger for all of Europe. The Germanic people were forced to leave their homes and Gothics, Vandals, Franks and Alemanni were pushed southwest with some wandering for generations. In 410 AD, the Goths arrive in Rome and capture the city.
The fourth episode: Expelled from the Franks the Visigoths move further to Spain at the beginning of the 6th century. They settled in the former Roman provinces of Spain that became their new kingdom. The Gothic King Leovigild defeated the soldiers of Rome and established a Gothic empire on the Iberian isle while the Ostrogoth tribe, after settling down in Italy, slowly died out. In the North of Europe the Angles, Saxons and Jutes fought each other and the Franks, settling down in Germany and France became the founders of the Holy Roman Empire. The mediaeval Europe is formed by the coronation of Karl the Great in 800.
Each week they'd take an appropriate skull from the collection in the Buda-Pest Museum, and reconstruct the facial features to illustrate the episode.
Did it stink that my "ancestors are unearthed and displayed in museums"?
No, and this was 1900 years ago, not 9000. First Peoples need to get a life.
Actually while there wasn't much of a sense of individual ownership there was tribal ownership of lands. And as to the selling of Manhattan, the tribe that sold it didn't own it in the first place.
The only hope for arriving at a definitive conclusion lies with a thorough scientific examination of the bones. This is an issue that should be decided by science, not politics and biased courts.
Yeah, that's part of it.
So9
Go figure.
The La Brea Woman
The only prehistoric human remains uncovered in the Rancho La Brea area were those of the La Brea Woman, found in 1914. Excavators uncovered a woman's skull and partial skeleton. La Brea Woman had died about 9,000 years ago. She was believed to have been about 22-24 years old and stood about 4 feet 10 inches (1.5 meters) tall. Wear on her surviving teeth indicated a diet of stone-ground meal. Her skull was fractured which suggests that a blow to the head may have killed her. She might just be L.A.'s first known case of homicide. A broken grinding stone and the remains of a domestic dog were found nearby.
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