Migration and Vendel periods

Migration and Vendel periods appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Scandinavia and the Baltic (Europe) from c. 400 to 793 CE, a span of 393 years. Its people spoke Germanic languages (Gothic, Frankish, English, German, Dutch, Norse).

Petty kingdoms of Svear, Geats and Danes whose chiefs were buried with helmets and boats at Vendel, Valsgarde and Old Uppsala. Gold bracteates and the Gallehus horns belong to this age.

See Migration and Vendel periods on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates

c. 400 to 793 CE

Duration

393 years

Type

People or culture

Region

Scandinavia and the Baltic, Europe

Language family

Germanic

Came from

• Roman Iron Age (Scandinavia) c. 1 to 400 CE

Became

• Viking Age Norse 793 to 1066 CE

Events in Europe during its time

• 410 Visigoths sack Rome
• 476 End of the Western Roman Empire
• 541 Plague of Justinian
• 732 Battle of Tours
• 793 Viking raid on Lindisfarne

Neighbours in Europe

• Republic of Venice c. 697 to 1797 CE
• Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE
• Hunnic Empire c. 370 to 469 CE
• Carolingian Empire 751 to 843 CE
• Papal States 756 to 1870 CE
• Roman Hispania 218 BCE to 472 CE
• Roman Gaul 50 BCE to 486 CE
• Kingdom of Wessex c. 519 to 927 CE
• Kingdom of Mercia c. 527 to 918 CE
• Roman Britain 43 to 410 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE, Middle East
• Ghana Empire (Wagadu) c. 300 to 1200 CE, North and West Africa
• Kingdom of Aksum c. 100 to 940 CE, North and West Africa
• Srivijaya c. 650 to 1377 CE, Southeast Asia
• Moche (Mochica) c. 100 to 800 CE, South America
• Teotihuacan c. 100 BCE to 550 CE, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
• Tiwanaku c. 400 to 1000 CE, South America
• Abbasid Caliphate 750 to 1258 CE, Middle East
• Sasanian Empire 224 to 651 CE, Middle East
• Tang dynasty 618 to 907 CE, East Asia

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