From the movement of homo erectus out of Africa one million years ago to the Aboriginal settlement of Australia around 50,000 BC; and from the barbarian invasions of early medieval Europe to the diaspora of African slaves in the early modern period, the migration of peoples has been a critical motor of change throughout human history. The Wanderers brings together 50 epic accounts of the mass movement of peoples. Each account not only describes the migration itself, but also examines in detail its causes, and its short- and long-term consequences. The Wanderers tells a multiplicity of stories - of the discovery of new worlds, of flight from persecution, of nation-building, of colonization, and of human courage and resourcefulness. Most of all, it tells the enthralling and multifaceted story of the human race itself. Migrations covered include: The long walk out of Eden: the spread of early humans The medieval German 'Drive to the East' The first Americans The Spanish in the New World The Phoenicians and the foundation of Carthage The Portuguese in Brazil The Celtic migrations The Plantations in Ireland The Greek colonisation of the Mediterranean The English in the New World The Jewish Diaspora Slave migrants: the African Diaspora The Huns and the Age of Migrations Irish migrants in the 19th century The Vandals Italian migration to America The Anglo-Saxon migrations Goldrush to California The Arab expansion Back to Israel The Viking Atlantic saga The forgotten aftermath of WWII The Turks: from central Asia to Constantinople Migrations in the age of globalisation

Table of Contents:
Introduction Migrations in History Out of Africa - 1.9million-15,000 years The First Seafarers - c50,000 years ago The First Americans - c15,000 years ago The Indo-Europeans - c3500-1500BC The Exodus - c1200BC The Sea Peoples - c1200BC The Phoenicians - 9th-7th Centuries BC The Celts - c600BC-279BC Greek Colonization of the Mediterranean - c1450BC-500BC The Bantu Migrations - c2500BC-AD1000 Masters of the Steppes - 1200BC-AD370 In the Wake of Alexander the Great - 336BC-323BC The Cimbri and Teutones - c120BC-101BC Roman Colonialism - 499BC-AD14 The Jewish Diaspora - 721BC-AD1948 The Huns - AD48-454 The Goths - 376-493 The Vandal Migrations - c390-439 The Anglo-Saxon Migrations to Britain - 5th Century AD The Arab Expansion - 632-713 Vikings in the West - 793-1000 The Swedes and the Origins of Russia - c650-c965 The Magyars - 896-955 Pioneers of the Pacific - 2000BC-AD1000 The Normans - 1017-1099 The Turks - 552-1095 The Medieval German Drive to the East - 10th-15th Centuries The Gypsies - 10th-20th Centuries Peopling the Far North - 2500BC-AD1500 The Toltecs and Aztecs - c800-1325 For God and Gold: the Spanish and the Americas - 1492-c1800 The Portuguese Colonies - 1418-1580 The Plantations - 1532-1653 Profit and Puritanism: the Beginnings of English Colonialism - 1587-1707 New France - 1534-1763 Russia's Wild East - 1581-1914 The Atlantic Slave Trade - c1460-1882 Chinese Peasants on the Move - cAD1-2007 Transportation to Australia - 1787-1868 The Highland Clearances - 1745-1886 The Mfecane - 1816-28 The Great Trek of the Boers - 1835-40 The Trail of Tears - 1830-42 Survivors of the Great Famine - 1830-1914 The Oregon Trail - 1832-83 Indian Migration in the British Empire - 1834-1947 Mormons in Search of a Promised Land - 1846-69 Gold Rush to California - 1848-53 The Armenian Diaspora - 582-1922 Back to Israel - 1881-2007 The Second World War and its Aftermath - 1939-1972 The World on the Move Index Further Reading and Picture Credits