Where do the Germans come from?

Germans, Austrian, Luxemburg, Swiss Germans, Volga Germans, Danes, Norwegians, Swedes, Faroese, Icelanders, Anglo-Saxons, that is, British, Dutch, Frisian, Belgian Flemish, South African Dutch, etc. Among them, the Anglo-Saxons further became the main immigrant ancestors of Canada, the United States, New Zealand and Australia.

Scandinavia in southern Sweden and western Norway is considered to be the hometown of Germans. Later, it moved to southern Europe. During the Roman Empire, it moved south to northern Germany, split into several tribes, and drove away the Celts living on the vast plains in the northern Alps.

After the demise of the Western Roman Empire, many countries were established on its ruins, and the natural science knowledge and experience of ancient Greece and Rome were absorbed, inherited and carried forward in the process of development. Christianity, which was legal and reformed in ancient Rome (from Judaism), rose rapidly before13rd century.

Germanic refers to the area where Germanic people lived in the old days. Later, in some modern languages, such as English, Greek, Italian and Russian, it was reserved as the title of "Germany".

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Most Germans are settled farmers and seldom hunt. The economy is self-sufficient, and the handicraft industry includes steel workers, potters and carpenters. The wheel was invented when the original Indo-European language was formed. In Germanic, "wheel" has two words. Germans have no money. The trade between them is mainly commodity exchange.

The most important property is livestock. Today, fee in English and Vieh in German are of the same root.

The main livestock are cattle, sheep, pigs, goats and horses. There are also beekeeping and weaving. Germans also know how to make cheese. They have a word to describe cheese.

About 1 century, Germans came into contact with plows, but the popularity was very low. The most important grain is barley. Germans will use fallow to restore their productivity. In addition, they will use chemical fertilizers. Food was mainly made into porridge. Until the Middle Ages, only the rich could afford bread.