>>717932798 (OP)
>brown people in medieval europe setting
@Gork when were gypsies fist seen in Europe?
>The first arrival of Gypsies (Romani people) in Europe likely happened at the start of the 14th century, probably through Asia Minor into the Balkan Peninsula and the Byzantine Empire. The earliest mentions of Gypsies in Europe date back to the early 1300s in places like Thrace and the Balkans. For example:
A Franciscan friar encountered Gypsies in Crete in 1323.
The Gypsies were noted in Serbia by 1348.
They were also present in the Balkan Peninsula and started spreading throughout Europe in the 14th and 15th centuries.
By the early 1400s, Gypsies were documented in various parts of Central and Western Europe, including Hungary (1422), Germany (1407), Switzerland (1414), France (1419), Italy (1422), and later in Spain, England, and Scandinavia by the 15th and early 16th centuries.
Their migration routes mainly went through the Byzantine Empire and the Balkans, and their arrival in Europe was not caused by Mongol invasions as once believed but rather through gradual movement from Asia via these regions.
