Great Migration can refer to any one of several different historical migrations of people, including:
- The migration period of Europe, also called the "Barbarian Invasions," between 300 and 700 A. The Migration Period, also called Barbarian Invasions, or sometimes Völkerwanderung ( German for "wandering of peoples" is the English name D.
- The Great Serb Migrations from the Ottoman Empire to the Habsburg Monarchy, in 1690 and 1737. The term Great Serb Migrations (Serbian Велике сеобе Срба/Velike seobе Srba refers to the two large migrations of Serbs from the Ottoman Empire to
- Great Migration (Puritan), the migration of Puritans from England to what is now the Northeastern United States, the Chesapeake Bay, and the Caribbean during the 1630s. The Great Migration may refer to the Winthrop Fleet of 1630, wherein eleven ships delivered 1000 passengers migrating from England to the Massachusetts
- The Great Migration and Second Great Migration of African Americans from the southern United States to the northern United States during the 20th century. See also Second Great Migration (African American The Great Migration was the movement of approximately seven million African-Americans out of the The Second Great Migration was the migration of more than 5 million African Americans from the South to the other three regions of the United States
- New Great Migration (African American), reverse migration from 1965-2000 from the North, Midwest and the West back to the Southern United States. Great Migration (African American The New Great Migration (African American is the term for demographic changes from 1965-present that are a reversal of the previous 35-year trend
- The Great Transatlantic Migration of 1870-1914, a voluntary mass migration of poor Europeans to the Americas. Transatlantic migration refers to the movement of people across the Atlantic Ocean in order to settle on the continents of North and South America
- The Great Fleet (or Great Migration) of the original Māori settlers of New Zealand from Polynesia. Various Māori traditions recount how their ancestors set out from a mythical homeland in great ocean-going canoes (or waka)
- Great Migrations (Greyhawk), fictional migrations of the Oeridians and Suloise in the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. In the World of Greyhawk Campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying game, the Great Migrations
See also
Mass migration refers to the migration of a large group of people from one geographical area to another Forced migration (also called deracination) refers to the coerced movement of a person or persons away from their Home or home Region. Human migration denotes any movement by Humans from one locality to another sometimes over long distances or
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