<span><span>Answer: Into many kingdoms.
</span>The Germanic peoples
settled in the zones of the old Roman Empire in the West, being born
kingdoms where the Germans sought to separate like an elite, and
separated of the population; but the Visigoths and Franks,
more peaceful and stable, mingled with the population in religious,
legislative and social aspects, coming to have Latin as the basis of
their new languages. The difference between the Germanic
peoples and the Roman Empire, in terms of their cultures, was very
great, but from this contact, the Germans adopted many Roman customs,
including their ways of organizing themselves politically; along with the old Germanic traditions. This mixture of cultures was the social and cultural basis of medieval Europe, and the basis of modern Western civilization.</span>
