Huns Huns Alchon Huns refers to a tribe which minted coins in Bactria in the 5th & 6th centuries. The name Khigi on one of the coins and Narendra on another has led some scholars of the area to believe that the Hephthalite Khagans Khingila and Narana were of the AlChoNo tribe iscribed in Bactrian script on the coins in question. They imitated the earlier style of the Kidarite Hun sucessors to the Kushans. In particular the Alchon style imitats the coins of Kidarite Varhran I (syn. Kushan Varhran IV). ...more on Wikipedia about "Alchon"
Attila the Hun ( Old Norse: Atle, Atli; German: Etzel; ca. 406– 453 AD) was the last and most powerful king of the Huns. He reigned over what was then Europe's largest empire, from 434 until his death. His empire stretched from Central Europe to the Black Sea and from the Danube River to the Baltic. During his rule he was among the direst enemies of the Eastern and Western Roman Empires: he invaded the Balkans twice and encircled Constantinople in the second invasion. He marched through France as far as Orleans before being turned back at Chalons; and he drove the western emperor Valentinian III from his capital at Ravenna in 452. ...more on Wikipedia about "Attila the Hun"
Bleda the Hun was born around 390 A.D. As nephews to Rua, Bleda and his younger brother Attila succeeded him to the throne. His reign lasted for 11 years until he died in 445 A.D. While it has been speculated throughout history that Attila murdered him on a hunting trip, no one knows how he died. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bleda"
The Hephthalites, also known as White Huns, were a nomadic people who lived across northern China, Central Asia, and northern India in the fourth through sixth centuries. The term Hephthalite derives from Greek, supposedly a rendering of Hayathelite (from the term Haital = "Big/Powerful" in the dialect of Bukhara), the name used by Persian writers to refer to a 6th century empire on the northern and eastern periphery of their land. As a group they appear to be distinct from the Huns who migrated to Europe in the Fourth Century CE. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hephthalite"
Hua is: ...more on Wikipedia about "Hua"
The Hun bow is an asymmetric, composite and recurve bow. It was invented in Central Asia and carried to Europe first by the Huns. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hun bow"
The Hunas, (or Alchon but inaccurately Indo-Hephthalites), as they were known in India, seem to have been part of the Hephthalites group, who established themselves in Afghanistan by the first half of the fifth century, with their capital at Bamiyan. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hunas"
The Hunnic language is a proto- Altaic language, related to many modern day Turkic languages and to a lesser extent to Hungarian, that was spoken by the Huns. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hunnic language"
The Huns were a group of Central Asian nomadic tribes, who appeared in Europe in the 4th century. It has also become a more general term for any number of Central Asian equestrian nomads or semi-nomads. Most of these peoples are recorded by neighboring peoples to the south, east, and west as having occupied Central Asia roughly from the 2nd century to the 6th century. ...more on Wikipedia about "Huns"
Rua may refer to the following: ...more on Wikipedia about "Rua"
Ruga was a fifth-century leader of the Huns, and the immediate predecessor of his nephews Attila and Bleda. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ruga"
Rugila or Rugilas was a king of the Huns and a forerunner to Attila during the fifth century AD. ...more on Wikipedia about "Rugila"
The Xiongnu ( ) were a nomadic (and probably Hunnic/proto-Turkic) people of Central Asia, generally based in present day Mongolia. From the 3rd century BC they controlled a vast steppe empire extending west as far as the Caucasus. They were active in the areas of southern Siberia, western Manchuria and the modern Chinese provinces of Inner Mongolia, Gansu and Xinjiang. Very ancient (perhaps legendary) historic records say that the Xiongnu descended from the founders of China's first dynasty, Xia Dynasty. However, due to internal differences and strife, the Xiongnu fled north and north-west. ...more on Wikipedia about "Xiongnu"
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