how far were the german barbarians responsible for the fall of the west Roman empire
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Germans didn’t invade the Empire willingly in its last two hundred years. After the Tocharians were defeated in about 100 B.C.E. by the Huns, those invaded China. Then China tried to get an alliance with these but their offer was rejected.
Eventually, the Chinese did eject the Huns, leaving those to once again attack Tocharia. This time they were rolled back into central Asia and then Afghanistan. Behind them were various Scythian tribes such as the Alani, Saka, Sogdians, Sarmatians, and then the Germanic Ostrogoths.
These were all Indo-Europeans and they were who were driven into the Empire. The Huns were Mongols, as were the Avars, Pechnegs, and Turks who followed them. From thereon, the Eurasian grasslands were in Turkish-Mongol hands.
Thus, Iranian and German tribes were forced into the Empire. Had the Romans welcomed them and given them land along their borders in return for service, together they might have repelled the Huns.
Both the Tocharians and Romans rejected neighbors and ignored their warnings. The Huns, Turks, and Mongols were warfare specialists and won as long as their horses had grass to eat.
They were defeated many times in the Mideast and India because in different kinds of terrain they were forced to bring hay and thus had the same kind of logistical problems their enemies had.
However, even in the Mideast and India Tamerlane prevailed lethally. Thus, these matchless warriors learned from defeat and were themselves rolled back only by firearms and the industrial output those required.
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their were several factors emerged for the down fall of the empire. while it was divided into two parts east and west , the eastern past was more established and prospered than west , later the Germanic groups from the north ( goths , vandals , Lombards etc) took over all major provinces and established thier kigdoms which are described as "post Roman".