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What Happened Between the Xiongnu and the Huns? - The Historical Puzzle of the Xiongnu and the Huns | Sleepy Facts About History
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In the late second century, the Xiongnu confederation that had challenged Han China fragmented and faded from the historical record. Roughly two centuries later, a terrifying people called the Huns appeared on the Roman Danube frontier. This episode explores the persistent historical question of whether these two steppe powers were actually the same people, separated by centuries and thousands of kilometers.
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