The Slavs were originally an obscure population living in the forest. Then their sphere of influence began to spread at the end of the Roman Empire. They gradually occupied the eastern half of Europe, where they passed on their culture.

T Slavic word convene old clichés in the minds of Western Europeans. First, many falsely believe that Sclavus comes from Latin, meaning slave then he means slave in medieval Latin and secondly, he mentions hordes from Siberia and invaded Europe. More generally, the Slavs are primitive …

Europeans like other

In what follows, we will see as archeology, linguistics but also the mere discussion of the history sweep these prejudices Slavs are comparable to the Celts and Germans of antiquity, they followed the evolution several centuries prior. Like them, they eventually absorb the Roman heritage, to create their own version of European civilization, with its Christianity and traditional urban and state.

The prejudices of Western Europeans against the Eastern Europeans, so against the Slavs in the main peak in the nineteenth century racism philosophers and German scientists, including … Karl Marx. On this view, the Slavs “can not govern themselves,” are “unable to protect itself militarily,” are not “good at science and modern technology, etc.. Nazis indorse this ideology in the twentieth century, and use it during the Second World War to commit countless war crimes in Eastern Europe.

Now the ancient Slavs are Indo-Europeans that the ancient Germans and most other ancient Europeans like them, they have always lived on the old continent, but not in Asia. Only significant difference, like the Finns, Balts, but also Germans, the Slavs were never part of the Roman Empire, and never have seen the legacy indirectly.

Author:

Michel Kazanski