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In response to
"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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decline
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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
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Roger More (aka RogerMore)
Apr 19 '23, 09:15
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They're both nomadic tribes from Central Asia that lived by herding and raiding, and one theory is that after the Xiongnu lost a war against the Han dynasty, they went west.
But there were other tribes that basically did the same thing, and no one knows for sure, or even what language the Xiongnu spoke.
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