That’s the type of pseudo history I’m talking about. Thanks. You are summarizing thousands of years, hundreds of tribes, and countless conflicts inside and out as “Barbarians”.
The germani tribes were largely farming tribes for most of history. Like, this oversimplified definition is literally the main focus of the first paragraphs of the Wikipedia article. This grouping of “germani” and the false association of them all being historically associated with modern day Germany.
You read a comment that I made that was primarily about how history is written, taught, and simplified; how words are used to otherize and simplify people of history. And then you thought “nah, my high school history class said they were all “barbarians””.
Villages were not distant from each other but often within sight, revealing a fairly high population density, and contrary to the assertions of Roman sources, only about 30% of Germania was covered in forest, about the same percentage as today.
Are you still just repeating your high school history class knowledge? Yes, the Romans said that the “Barbarians” (which by this point was very muched used as a slur like savage is) were just destroying forest for no reason.
Like, just read some of the wiki I linked mate. You are doubling down on bad history you learned.
The German tribes that the Romans invaded weren’t peaceful indigenous communities living in harmony with the land.
They were barbarians that destroyed the forests and the nature. The romans too.
That’s the type of pseudo history I’m talking about. Thanks. You are summarizing thousands of years, hundreds of tribes, and countless conflicts inside and out as “Barbarians”.
The germani tribes were largely farming tribes for most of history. Like, this oversimplified definition is literally the main focus of the first paragraphs of the Wikipedia article. This grouping of “germani” and the false association of them all being historically associated with modern day Germany.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanic_peoples
You read a comment that I made that was primarily about how history is written, taught, and simplified; how words are used to otherize and simplify people of history. And then you thought “nah, my high school history class said they were all “barbarians””.
Come on mate.
I don’t see how your point contradicts what I said.
They cut down the forests.
I take more issue with the slur “savages”, because at least many indigenous in America lived in harmony with nature.
Are you still just repeating your high school history class knowledge? Yes, the Romans said that the “Barbarians” (which by this point was very muched used as a slur like savage is) were just destroying forest for no reason.
Like, just read some of the wiki I linked mate. You are doubling down on bad history you learned.