Careful and judicious observers have proved that these movements took their start from the elevated region of Central Asia. the supposed cradle of mankind. Its nomadic intabitants. in process of time atid to escape the evils of overpopulation. poured out in swarms through its solitary passes and spread over the countries of the Eastern Hemisphere. Frot this center caine the Hns. the Tartars. the Mongols. and other Asiatic tribes which devastated Europe and whose exploits arc recorded by the Roman and the Byzantine historians. These conquests. originatin g through love of plunder. were also inspired hy the iCoree pleasures of war and of senseless devastation. But there were other migrations much more peaceful in their nature. and of these the most prominent were the expeditions to strange and unknown countries conducted by the Phenieians and Carthagenians in ancient and by the Iberians and theAngloSaxons in modern times.
Identified stereotypes
Asiatic tribes are portrayed as invaders and plunderers.