Discuss the rise of barbarian invasions in the six century. List examples of three groups that rose during this time period, aspects of their culture, where they were located and the areas they sought to conquer
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A. Lombards
1. invaded Italy in 568 from the north
2. gathered the spoils of Justinian's wars
3. Christian barbarians with Germanic aspects of culture
B. Bulgars
1. invader-people from the steppes
2. crossed the Danube and set up as the ruling elite from the northern Balkans almost to the walls of Constantinople in the seventh century
3. Slavic people with four-headed deity and thirst for wine
C. Slavs
1. spread over most of Eastern Europe from the Baltic to southern Greece
2. unexplained expansion during the seventh and eighth centuries
D. Berbers
1. upland pastoralists in North Africa
2. mobilized camel-borne war bands to terrorize the southern Mediterranean Shore
E. Scandinavia
1. warriors who fought on sleds carved with the heads of monsters took to the sea in the eighth century
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