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This is fascinating: "Known as the Xiongnu, the empire saw conflict with great rival imperial China that resulted in the construction of the Great Wall -- (edited)

Posted by decline (aka Decline) Apr 19 '23, 08:53

I don't claim to be a huge history buff, but I've never heard of the Xiongnu.

for some reason I thought the Great Wall was built be cause of the Huns

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/17/asia/xiongnu-ancient-dna-study-scn/index.html (edition.cnn.com)

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It's not confirmed, but it's theorised that the Xiongnu and the Huns were at least connected, and may even be the same people - Roger More Apr 19, 09:15

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This is fascinating: "Known as the Xiongnu, the empire saw conflict with great rival imperial China that resulted in the construction of the Great Wall -- (edited)

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