Northman
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Not that it's a big deal, but the entire thing gets hard to follow for pretty much the reasons Jim was saying.
Mostly it is in the details. There was a period in European history where quite the migration happened. It mostly involved the Germanics, who are most of those tribes you listed. Suevi, Franks, Alemanni, Lombards, Burgundy....all Germans. Someone can look at a map and see Burgundy and Switzerland on it at the same time. The kingdom of the Franks were actually the dominant German power that united most of them all and even expanded to lots of western Europe. The king of the Franks was the one given the title Holy Roman Emperor, even though he and his empire was German, not Roman in any way/shape/form.
These are all just little things that add up to someone not being able to see the meat of what you are talking about, all because of the terms used.
Mostly it is in the details. There was a period in European history where quite the migration happened. It mostly involved the Germanics, who are most of those tribes you listed. Suevi, Franks, Alemanni, Lombards, Burgundy....all Germans. Someone can look at a map and see Burgundy and Switzerland on it at the same time. The kingdom of the Franks were actually the dominant German power that united most of them all and even expanded to lots of western Europe. The king of the Franks was the one given the title Holy Roman Emperor, even though he and his empire was German, not Roman in any way/shape/form.
When that is done, the answers get even more confusing. These peoples didn't live in the same place in the time of those first three empires as they did at the very end of the last one. As in they were all still in eastern Europe.I said these ten nations were, as in the time of these four Empires. Anyone who really wants to know what countries are all involved within them can look that up.
These are all just little things that add up to someone not being able to see the meat of what you are talking about, all because of the terms used.