Xiongnu - Wikipedia
The Xiongnu (Chinese: 匈奴, [12] [ɕjʊ́ŋ.nǔ]) were a tribal confederation [13] of nomadic peoples who, according to ancient Chinese sources, inhabited the eastern Eurasian Steppe from the 3rd century BC to the late 1st century AD. Modu Chanyu, the supreme leader after 209 BC, founded the Xiongnu Empire. [14]
Xiongnu | People & History | Britannica
2024年8月31日 · Xiongnu, nomadic pastoral people who at the end of the 3rd century bce formed a great tribal league that was able to dominate much of Central Asia for more than 500 years.
How Asia’s first nomadic empire broke the rules of imperial …
2023年7月2日 · In an age that spawned the ancient Roman and Egyptian empires, Mongolia’s Xiongnu Empire broke the rules of imperial expansion. Long before the Mongol Empire arose, Asia’s first nomadic...
Ancient DNA reveals secrets of empire that pushed China to build …
2023年4月17日 · 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 ...
Xiongnu Empire - WorldAtlas
2021年12月28日 · The Xiongnu Empire was an empire that extended through what is now Mongolia, northern China, and Central Asia, as far west as the Caucasus Mountains. Map of the Xiongnu Territory. The Empire lasted from approximately the 3rd century BCE to the 1st century CE. The origins of the Xiongnu are unclear. Even their language is a mystery.
Timeline of the Xiongnu - Wikipedia
Xiongnu Empire in 200 BC. This is a timeline of the Xiongnu, a nomadic people that dominated the ancient eastern Eurasian steppes from 209 BC to 89 AD.
DNA shows poorly understood empire was multiethnic with …
2023年4月28日 · What they found was a multiethnic society, reflecting nearly all the diversity that existed in Eurasia 2,000 years ago. The researchers also confirmed contemporaneous reports regarding the high status and political power of Xiongnu women.
The multiethnic structure of Mongolia’s first nomadic empire
2023年4月24日 · The Xiongnu, contemporaries of Rome and Egypt, built their nomadic empire on the Mongolian steppe 2,000 years ago, emerging as Imperial China’s greatest rival and even inspiring the construction of China’s Great Wall.
Xiongnu summary | Britannica
Xiongnu, or Hsiung-nu, Nomadic pastoral people of Central Asia. The Xiongnu at the end of the 3rd century bc formed a great tribal league that dominated much of Central Asia for more than 500 years. Their threat to the northern Chinese frontier throughout this period led to China’s eventual conquest of northern Korea and southern Manchuria ...
Xiongnu | Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Asian History
The Xiongnu were an Inner Asian people who formed an empire, a state entity encompassing a multiethnic, multicultural, and polyglot population. The ruling elite of this empire were, for the most part, pastoralists. However, the empire also possessed a substantial agrarian base.