LAND BEYOND THE RIVER: Europe In The Age Of Migration. With Illustrations By Author

tan cloth hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. vg cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. top & foredge of text block have small coffee type spots (1"wx1/4"d) that do not reach into the text, otherwise contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. with couple of tiny nicks, not torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first edition so stated. first printing (NAP). b&w maps & illustrations bibliography. index. ancient history. medieval history. european history. attila the hun. the great migrations. ~ THE HUNS, fearsome, ugly, and ruthless, it was said, were moving out of the east in search of new pastures. In the second and third centuries A.D., the Roman Empire controlled most of Europe, and its civilizing influences touched even the Germanic tribes of its northern borders. But Rome's power was fading, and when the Huns wandered west out of China, the Germanic tribes were forced to flee before them. Goths and Vandals, two of these displaced tribes, helped cause the final downfall of Rome. This was the beginning of a restless time of fear, hunger, and bloodshed called the Age of Migration. Angles and Saxons moved into the British Isles, followed by the Vikings, changing the makeup of England. And to the south, Mohammad founded the Moslem religion, causing new population pressures as the religion and its followers spread north, as well as east and west. Genghis Khan and his people brought a new wave of conquest from the East, and when his empire weakened, Russian tribes moved into Siberia. Here is the story of those exciting times, when the Western World was in turmoil and the nations of modern Europe were being formed.…