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[-] protist@mander.xyz 20 points 11 months ago

*Mongol horde

(The Huns attacked Europe)

[-] TheHotze@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

I thought Hun was a generic term like barbarian

[-] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 14 points 11 months ago

No, it was a specific tribe.

However there were "barbarian" tribes near China named the Dzungar and the Xiongu, both of which are a bit like "Hun" and either of which are suggested to perhaps be the eastern side of that same tribe.

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