From the 7th century CE, Turkic peoples expanded westwards. It was therefore assumed that the Xiongnu and the ethnic core of the Huns, whose own westward expansion dates back to the 4th century CE ...

While linguistic similarities exist between the terms "Xiongnu" and "Hun," the exact relationship remains unclear. The lack of written records and a 300-year gap between the fall of the Xiongnu ...

Of the individual graves studied, the ones with the highest status belonged to women, suggesting that they played a particularly powerful role in Xiongnu society. Elaborate coffins featured golden ...

From the late Bronze Age until the Middle Ages, the eastern Eurasian Steppe was home to a series of organized and highly influential nomadic empires. The Xiongnu (209 BCE -- 98 CE) and Mongol (916 ...

(CN) — Long before the Mongol Empire was the Xiongnu — a society that a team of international researchers calls the first of several nomadic empires of Inner Asia. They buried their servants in ...

Because of all this Emperor Yuan of Han brought her into his palace to be part of his harem. During Wang’s time there China was fighting with the Xiongnu government on the northern border. In an ...

From the 7th century CE, Turkic peoples expanded westwards. It was therefore assumed that the Xiongnu and the ethnic core of the Huns, whose own westward expansion dates back to the 4th century CE ...

An international team of scientists have completed a genetic investigation of two cemeteries along the western frontier of the Xiongnu empire in what’s now Mongolia: an aristocratic elite ...