Slavic Ancient Origins: Flame Tree Collector's Editions

The ancient roots of the Slavs can be traced through language and archeology to the time of late Babylon and the Vedic culture of India, but records also reveal them as a military force supporting the many tribes who harried the edges of the Roman Empire. They accompanied many Celtic and Germanic tribes across the Baltics, down to Constantinople and Greece before retreating to territories further North, filling the vaccum left by the collapse of Attila the Hun's great empire. Records of their early history were written by monkish historians, after conversion to Christianity swept across the most of lands beyond the old Roman Empire in the 800s and 900s. Their mythology is similar to the Scandinavians of the era, but their lands became more extensive as their influence settled into the broad Slavic categories familiar today. This fascinating book locates the history and influence of the Slavic people during the some of the most important eras in the development of European cultures.