How Did The Vikings Migrations Shape American Culture

Migration. Such a simple concept, yet it had caused so many problems in the past and is still today. Our desire for a new life and the hope that the struggles and hardships of the last drive us to seek out new lands. The migrations of the past helped not only shape our country, but the world as we know it today.

The early Vikings, lived in the years 793 to 1066 in their homeland of Scandinavia and were a very sea based civilization, known for their seafaring skills such as their boats and navigational prowess. However, they also practiced agriculture, but eventually over worked the land. This is just one of the motivations for the Vikings to expand into European lands, as well as to retaliate against them due to previous invasions made by

They are described as a branch of the Turks, due to many of their words were borrowed from the Turkish language as well as similar traditions and native songs. These pieces of evidence show that the Magyars were very closely connected to the Turks while they were settled in the Pontiac Steppe. The Magyars also had a very similar civilization as the Huns as well as similar fighting styles and weapons. They began their migrations by traveling westward and although their homeland was unknown, we guess that it is in West Siberia due to the moving towards Europe. “The Magyars migration occurred between 500 to 700 and joined many other large movements of peoples across the Steppe region around this time period”. The Magyars and other Hungarian civilizations migrated to Europe in 892 and invaded Moravia. 2 years later, they stormed into the March of Pannonia. “The Magyars showed no mercy at the March of Pannonia. They killed men and old women outright and took the young women alone with them like cattle to satisfy their lusts”. The Magyars continued to live in peace in the newly conquered lands in Europe, but eventually were forced to invade other parts of Europe after Samanid Emir launched an expedition against the Magyars to drive them out of his

This massive migration of people continued and in a period from 2000 to 2005 an estimated 440,000 people per year immigrated from Africa to Europe. The mass of people who are migrated are driven by conflict in the country or poverty. “239 million people suffer from poverty each day in Africa and are now fueled by a structural demand for cheap migrant labor in informal sectors in Europe”. However, these immigrants do not always come legally. The majority of the migrants who arrive in Europe are there illegally. This has become such a problem in Africa that it has become more lucrative that drug trafficking. “In 2014 170,100 irregular immigrants were recorded arriving in Italy, a number which rose by 4,295 which was recorded in 2013”. “Most who got caught immigrating illegally would either get to asylum, or given special legal protections available to people who have left their home country for their own safety and are afraid to return, or were deported back to Africa”. However, not all migrants were caught by authorities or made it to Europe. Many migrants died making the journey across the Mediterranean Sea. The issue returned to headlines with a series of migrant shipwrecks which was part of the 2015 Mediterranean Migrant Crisis. The International Organization for Migration