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The Huns
The Huns were a nomadic people who spread out over Asia and Europe during the 3rd and 4th centuries AD. The Chinese built the Great Wall to protect themselves from the Huns, who were outstanding warriors.
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The role the Huns played in Romes collapse?
They influenced the Romans history because they were a huge part in causing the roman empire to fall
Atilla the hun: Apparrently he died of a burst blood vessel on his wedding night !
How old was attila the hun when he died?
Attila the Hun died from an abdominal hemorrhage that had arose because of his horrible drinking habit. A massive nosebleed was the effect of this hemorrhage and he died in bed on the night of his wedding in 453 BC with his new wife.
Attila
Attila (died 453) was a chieftain who brought the Huns to their greatest strength and who posed a grave threat to the Roman Empire.
The Huns first appear in European records at the end of the 4th century A.D., when they descended from the Steppes and attacked the Germanic tribes on the northeastern edge of the Roman Empire, either subjecting them or driving them into the empire. By the 430s the scattered nomadic bands had been united into a powerful force which attacked both Germans and Romans alike.
Rua, the man responsible for much of this unity, died in 434 and left the kingdom to his nephews Attila and Bleda. For 10 years they ruled jointly and threatened the Eastern Roman Empire on several occasions. In 435 a "peace" was signed with the Romans, which among other things guaranteed the Huns an annual payment of 700 pounds of gold. In 441 the Huns attacked the provinces across the Danube. In 443 Attila so severely defeated the Roman general Aspar that the Romans had to purchase peace with an annual tribute of 6000 pounds of gold.
In 445 Attila murdered Bleda and united all the Huns under his own leadership. The Roman Priscus, an eyewitness who was an ambassador to Attila's court, describes him as short with a broad chest, flat nose, and beard sprinkled with gray. Attila ruled with absolute authority, his power based in large part on the extensive wealth from his conquests.
War with the Eastern Empire was renewed in 447, and the Romans were defeated in the bloody battle of Marcianopolis. In the peace treaty of 448 they were forced to cede extensive territory along the Danube. Attila then turned his attention to the Western Empire. Geiseric the Vandal urged Attila to attack the Goths so as to remove their pressure on the Vandals, and Attila moved to attack the Visigoths. At the same time the sister of the emperor Valentinian III, Honoria, asked Attila to rescue her from an unwelcome marriage. This gave Attila the excuse to move against Rome. Aëtius, the strongman of the Western Empire and one-time hostage of the Huns, created an alliance of Romans and Visigoths, and when the Huns invaded Gaul in 451, he defeated them on the Catalaunian Plains in Champagne.
Although defeated, the Huns escaped destruction and the next year attacked Italy. The important city of Aquileia was destroyed, but Attila did not attack Rome. An embassy from Pope Leo I was credited with dissuading him, but the growing fear of plague and famine probably determined the decision. In 453, while planning another attack on the Eastern Empire, Attila died suddenly from a hemorrhage, reportedly the result of excessive drinking at a wedding. After his death his sons divided his "empire," and the power of the Huns was soon destroyed by internal strife. Attila proved to be a major threat to Rome in his lifetime but left no permanent power to challenge the empire.
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What did the Huns use for horse tack?
They had many different ways of transportation like: Unicorns, Dinosaurs, Hovercrafts, auto mobiles and a lepricorn.
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The Huns are the early names of Turkish people. The Great Hun Empire was founded by Teoman(220 B.C.). Mete Khan (Oghuz Khan)is the son of Teoman and Turkish people accept him as the most popular ancestor of Turkish race. About 230 AD the Great Hun Empire divided into two parts, Western and Eastern Hun States... Western Huns moved to Europe and founded Western Hun Empire ....and European Hun Empire...After Eastern Hun State KokTurk State was founded....Hun people mostly called themselves as Turk, means "derived" which addresses the legend of derived people from Gray Wolf... and call themselves also as Turani...Most of Huns are known with their tribe names like,Kyrgyz, Tatar, Turkmen, Azeri, Cuvas, Baskird, Khazar, Bulgar, Uyghur, Magyar etc. Also some of them are called with their latest kings (Khan) name like, Uzbekians, Ottomans..etc.
What does it mean when a girl always calls you by your full name?
It depends in what situation, if you exchangeed numbers and she called you first that means she likes you a lot, if she called you out of the blue, and you never gave her your number, that means she is very eager. She must have asked your friends for your number, call her back, see where it goes from there. It means that she wishes to speak to someone at the number she dialed.
What is the difference between the Huns and Mongolia?
They were different in so many ways. The 'true' Huns were generally of Asian (Mongol) or Turkic origin while the German tribes were Germanic. The Huns often fought on horseback as archers while the Germans preferred foot.
Who was in Attila the Hun family?
He had a brother named Bleda. He also had a father named Mundzuk and an uncle named Rugila. For a little extra information, it's nice to note that Rugila had a way of dealing with Romans that Attila detested. Rugila would sell the Huns as mercenaries to the Romans which Attila hated since he had a hate for Romans. He also had a son named Ernoch, and two other sons who's names I cannot recall. However, Ernoch was prophesied to keep the Hunnic Empire alive and going. However, when Attila died his three sons fought amongst each other and split the Hunnic Empire all over again (since it had been unified by Attila) because they had so many quarrels over land. Ernoch, contrary to prophesy, didn't keep the Empire going. When Attila's second son died the Huns disappear from historical record. The closest relatives to the Huns today are, obviously, the Hungarians since they live closest to Attila's original home on the Danube River. However, the Hungarians are not direct descendants of Attila, although some claim to be descended from Ernoch. Also, if you search other sites and they say that Attila's uncle Rugila was called "Uncle Rua", they're wrong. Don't listen to them.
How did the huns torture people?
He treated his citizen and guests fairly well and he did not show off hat he was very rich he was a modest person
From which part of the world did The Huns originate?
The Huns were an early confederation of Central Asian equestrian (horse-riding) nomads or semi-nomads, with a Turkic core of aristocracy. As a more or less nomadic tribe, the Huns cannot be accurately ascribed a territory of origin. Modern opinion is that the Huns' origins can be traced to Turkic region based on the ancient records which described that the Hunnic language was close to that of the Töles, a Turkic Tribe. As time passed and as they traversed through Asia and Europe, they started to settle in modern day Hungary which provided them with enough resources to start a settlement.
The Huns were a nomadic people who spread out over Asia and Europe during the 3rd and 4th centuries AD. The Chinese built the Great Wall to protect themselves from the Huns, who were outstanding warriors.
No. But their blood line is found in the eastern european nations, such as Hungary and Romania. The Hungarian history includes Bendegúz, father of Attila. The Huns DNA is "u2e r1a1" has found mainly in Hungary and Transylvania, partially in Germany, Greece and Spain.
Are Germans descendants of the Huns?
The use of 'Hun' or 'Huns' as an offensive nickname for the Germans was popularized by British propaganda and sections of the British media in World War 1.
On 27 July 1900 Kaiser Wilhelm II delivered a speech at Wilhelmshaven to the German troops about to embark for China to help put down the Boxer Rebellion. As so often with his speeches, he didn't consult the Chancellor or any other politician beforehand, and towards the end of his speech he said:
As you well know, you are to fight against a cunning, bold, well armed, cruel foe. When you are face to face with them, remember: Mercy will not be shown, prisoners will not be taken. Just as a thousand years ago, the Huns under Attila won a reputation of might that lives on in legends, so too may you assert the name of the Germans in China in such a way that no Chinaman will ever again dare so much as to pull a face at a German.The politicians present were aghast. The Kaiser had blundered again, and in a big way.
In which battle did the romans defeat the huns in 451?
In which battle did the romans defeat the huns in 451?
Yes
It depends on what you mean by Asian.
The Huns were group of pastoral nomads originating from an area in central Asia know as the Steppe or Eurasian Steppe it is the world's largest grassland and an exceedingly harsh climate with temperatures ranging from 120 degrees F in the summer to -60 degrees F in the winter.
As to the ethnicity of the Huns it is very hard to tell weather or not the Huns would be considered east Asian or Oriental, as the term is used today. Most tribes from the steppe, of which the Huns were one, were not ethnically homogeneous, they often included Turkic peoples, east Asian people, and Persian peoples, to name only a few... in addition to that it is interesting to note that Chinese writers from the Hun's period, and earlier, describe people living on their borders that sound almost Nordic ie., tall, fair skinned people, with sometimes blonde hair, and sometimes green or blue eyes.
The point being it's difficult to tell, with any accuracy, what ethnicity may have composed the Huns.
