Are ethnic Germans actually ancient Assyrians that migrated to Europe?

Question

I know most people think Germans migrated from Scandinavia, but I have recently heard otherwise. At first it seemed laughable, but then I found that some say they came from around the Black Sea as well so now I'm not too sure.

I also heard that the city of Xanten inparticular was founded by Assyrians, long before the creation of Rome. Any insight would be appreciated.

Answer 1

The ethnogenesis of the Germanic tribes is assumed to have occurred during the Nordic Bronze Age, or at the latest, during the Pre-Roman Iron Age. From southern Scandinavia and northern Germany, the tribes began expanding south, east and west in the 1st century BC, coming into contact with the Celtic tribes of Gaul as well as Iranian, Baltic, and Slavic tribes in Eastern Europe. Little is known about early Germanic history, except through their recorded interactions with the Roman Empire, etymological research and archaeological finds.

Xanten:

First settlements by isolated tribes can be dated around the year 2000 BC. Around 15 BC the Roman camp Castra Vetera was created on the Fürstenberg near today's locality Birten. It was intended to be a base for campaigns into Germania and until its destruction during the uprising of the Batavians in 70 AD it was occupied by 8,000 to 10,000 legionaries, and was the main base of the Classis germanica.

Answer 2

The ancestors of the Indoeuropeans livea around the Black Sea probably mainly to the north. Some of them moved to Germany.

The Assyrians have no connection to the Germans.

Some one  probably confused Assyrians with Aryans.

Its more likely to be the other way around.

Some survivors of the IndoEuropean speaking Mitanni people could have married Assyrians?

Whoever told you this probably failed history!

Go to the library catalogue or Google or Wiki online with htese search terms.

IndoEuropean+Origins

Germans Assyrians

J.P. Mallory

Colin Renfrew

Answer 3

In the book "Poland" by James Michner he mentions the Germanic tribes being the guards of the trade routes around the Black sea areas, then being so large, powerful, they began to intimidate the other smaller countries. There always was fighting among the tribes (countries) and some would hire the Germanic tribes to aide them.

   Finally around I believe the 12 or 13 century the smaller countries voted to bring the Germanic tribes into one place " Keeping the enemy at hand your able to control him" was the answer so, they all conceded to give portions of their countries and made one state, Germany.

     It fits well but, how much is true. I love all of James Michner but, how accurate is this ?

Answer 4

Germans are originally from around what is Iran....aryans

Answer 5

I like it...