Some scholars believe that the Huns originated in the ancient people known as the Xiongnu and are thus related to other steppe peoples called Huns, however, there is no consensus on the issue. [1] There is a gap of about two hundred years between the conquest of the Xiongnu by the Xian...
12 On the Ancient History of the Silk Road suppressing the Xiongnu 匈奴 to a great extent. His prestige thus spread far away to foreign countries. During those years, the external communi- cation was very frequently more than a dozen or at least five or six diplo- matic corps being ...
In 376 CE, the great European power of the time, the Roman Empire, suddenly faced incursions from various so-called barbarians peoples such as the Sarmatians, descendants of theScythians; the Thervingi, a Gothic Germanic people; and the Goths. What caused all of these tribes to cross the ...
Among neighboring countries, there were countries with military superiority like the Xiongnu(匈奴), and culturally sophisticated countries like Tibet (Whitfield, 2001). Few people know right that ancient Korea Gojoseon was on the continent as well (Li, 2018; Shim, 2014), that the records that ...
The Scythians: nomadic horse people known for stunning art The Hun Tribes or Xiongnu: their expansion in turn expanded trade Spread of Buddhism on the Silk Road from India to Japan, more Famous Travelers on the Silk Road: Chinese kings, generals and envoys; Korean, Chinese, Nestorian and Eur...
Daho-Parno-Parthian tribes “chose chiefs for war and princes for peace” from among the closest circle of the royal family. They were famous for their breeding of horses, their combat cavalry, and their fine archers. Alexander encountered them during his Bactrian campaign, and the Greek writers...
Were the Saxons Gauls? Did the Teutons start the Crusades? Was Timur related to Genghis Khan? Did Timur trace his lineage to Genghis Khan? Did the Gauls have slaves? Did the Vikings discover Russia? The Scythians and Xiongnu were [{Blank}] societies. Were the Varangian the leaders of ...
The Satavahanas (/ˌsɑːtəˈvɑːhənə/; Sādavāhana or Sātavāhana, IAST: Sātavāhana), also referred to as the Andhras (also Andhra-bhṛtyas or Andhra-jatiyas) in the Puranas, were an ancient Indian dynasty. Most modern scholars b
“ The Emperor of China respectfully salutes the great Shan Yu (Chanyu) of the Hsiung-nu (Xiongnu)…When my imperial predecessor erected the Great Wall, all the bowmen nations on the north were subject to the Shan Yu; while the residents inside the wall, who wore the cap and sash, were...
while to the north the barren desert and hostile Xiongnu nomads had already led, by the 4th century BC, to the construction of defensive fortifications that would eventually be combined to form the Great Wall – a supposedly impregnable barrier stretching in Tang Dynasty times (618-907) for 6...