@Ahmed_Alhasania Of course :) For what it's worth, both hypotheses seem possible, v difficult to tell. Shepard thought Saxons lived >
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@Ahmed_Alhasania > dominant popn on Crimea then... May be suggestive & noteworthy that Saxi were mistaken for Goths in mid13thC too...! -
@caitlinrgreen in mid 13thC Cumans-Kipchaks were the dominant population in Crimea but not politically, Crimea became part of Mongol Empire> -
@caitlinrgreen I wrote to you before about tribe: Burg (or Borg) Oğul (oğul=son), it was part of Cuman-Kipchak confederation. its name> -
@caitlinrgreen > is Germanic, I think it can be a good example of assimilation or Alliance as Goths in Hun confederation. I think we can> -
@caitlinrgreen >exclude Rus as origin bc Rus kept their identity before & after Mongol invasion so Borg or Burg Son (Oglu) either> -
@caitlinrgreen >Crimean A-Saxon or C. Goths, this tribe was part of Cuman-Kipchak confederation in 1st half of 13C. in Crimea & N. Blk Sea. -
@caitlinrgreen or from other forgotten Germanic tribes eg: Scirii & Heruli.
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