Huns: The Origin

[@KingsandGenerals]

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[@lalruatdikavarte7943]

In 2 minutes keep up the good videos.

[@dustincarroll6932]

I love how you have byzantine labeled Roman Empire

[@zoltansomlyai8771]

How about the origins of Magyars ( Hungarians ) next time? :)

[@macaroni_beats]

Awesome

[@tasinal-hassan8268]

Battle of Karansebes.

[@ottovrizo5693]

"germano-huns" Literally the worst nightmares of Rome had a child.

[@ibrahimbastug2896]

@Il Principe well the archaeological findings suggest that the people who live within and around huns were living like huns. because of that some archaeologists mistakenly identified some germanic burial sites as hunnic burial sites. this suggests that huns were feared or respected or both during that era. about the revolts, only when they see a weakness people tend to break away from their oppressors. that is the reality of all times in history.

[@khalidalali186]

That’s got to be the dumbest comment in the history of KZbin.

[@sirlordhenrymortimer6620]

Russians the worst nightmare for the Turks and the Germans

[@angelmunoz4152]

@Silviu Florin your expecting alot from a guy who's nation name is Turkey

[@sirlordhenrymortimer6620]

@@adnan_honest_jihadist5775 because russians despise the Turks and Russia is the only nation that obliterated the Mongols . Mongols could never destroy russians they at most made them subservient but never could conquered it . Russia wanted the legacy of the Byzantine empire all by itself and never liked anyone who challenged them that's why they fought the Bulgars

[@SeleucusNicator]

I know it's been said a lot, but I really love the art in your recent videos. It's wonderfully detailed and the colors are so vibrant. The sound effects are also fantastic. I had my earphones in when I watched this and it felt like I was suddenly in a swamp/marsh in the middle of the night when I reached the 3:18 mark :D

[@SpeedDemon_Editzzz]

Same here man Headphone buddies

[@warningwarning8826]

Huns, Turks and Mongols have Scythian origins according to Byzantine records (from the article "The Byzantine Turks"). There is no record of Huns ever being wiped out or disappearing from Eastern Europe.

I hear those Hunic warriors have curved swords. Curved. Swords.

[@SkYHawK2600]

@@cosmopolitanbay9508 It was a reference from Skyrim but whatever...

[@SkYHawK2600]

@@cosmopolitanbay9508 It wasn't my reference and this guys name is literally "Imperial Dovahkiin" and also who the fuck doesn't know Skyrim.

[@ELVIS1975T]

We're the children of Skyrim and we'll fight all our lives. When Sovengard beckons everyone of us dies...

[@masterspartan981]

I bet Hunnic archers aimed for the knee

[@oguzogursenyurtaltai4652]

@@cosmopolitanbay9508 the name Hungarians came from ONOGUR means 10 OGURS

[@mangovest6305]

Attila's fathers name is Mundjuk which means Pearl in Turkic languages.

[@mmarmy-d6l]

No its not, its inju/inji

[@张衡-g3f]

attila means gold in monglia

[@cembiten911]

Misykat Rahman inji means pearl, name of mother is İnci which is literally same.. munjuck is boncuk in modernTurkish and it was moncuk also literally same ant it means little drop, little ball like inci-incik. So both of these terms used in every Turkish and Turkic dialect in modern and old. It is also same in Uzbek, Kazak, Uygur etc.

[@cembiten911]

张衡 Atil/Itil is the name of Volga river in Turkish and in all Turkic dialect, Atilla means itilli in even modern Turkish meaning from itil river/from river.. there is literally very old Turkoman tribe called as Itilli/Attila.

[@mangovest6305]

@@mmarmy-d6l It is boncuk in Turkish. Monşaq in Kazakh.

[@lindseyfrancesco4]

I can only imagine how hard life must have been for the Huns, imagine being hungover on horseback all the time

[@sunofpeter2]

its probably why they beat the piss outta people.

[@Killzoneguy117]

"STOP. TALKING. SO. LOUDLY."

[@rockwiththeuniverse]

I thought he said they didnot drink while driving.

[@johnduncan5117]

That and constantly losing to Celtic, you're right it's s hard life for your average hun. But still at least they have it better than their wee cousins the mini Huns.

[@chimidtserentamir3591]

No it doesnt, Drinking and riding horse and wherever you go in grassland that is most fantastic thing in the world.

[@Powersnufkin]

The huns are mentioned in Old Norse litterature showing theres was contact between the peoples. Edit: The source is a viking poem called Atlakviða. It is about the hunic king Attila. Very interesting read.

[@mercianthane2503]

That, or that the norse borrowed tales from their germanic neighbors.

[@enesfurkan6822]

you gotta check old turkic alphabet, somehow its runic , and those runes are lookin alot like norse runes. wonder how did we get those

[@tsmlaska7761]

@@mercianthane2503 Asia Huns: Turkish/Turkic Europa Huns: Siberian , cermen, arab,Mongolian

[@_berat.ugur_3089]

No Attila is tTurkic word. Attila means : equistrian , from itil. And others

[@Powersnufkin]

@@_berat.ugur_3089 yes and Atle is a germanification of the word when the scandinavians had contact with the huns in the merovingian period.

[@Bigrosty44]

I loved the description the first Roman generals conveyed to Caesar. " They are thick of body, with cold dark eyes. They do everything on horseback. Their arrows pierce our armor like they are made of straw. They will kill their own who decide to retreat. Their horses have great stamina, like the savages who ride them. This is a threat like no other"

[@myrnaa1077]

When describing the great Atilla the hun, the romans had this East Asian description; "He was indeed a lover of war, yet restrained in action, mighty in counsel, gracious to suppliants and lenient to those who were once received into his protection. Short of stature, with a broad chest and a large head; his eyes were small, his beard thin and sprinkled with grey; and he had a flat nose and swarthy skin, showing evidence of his origin." The Great Atilla thoroughly conquered Germania, but the roman empire was not yet in reach due to early passing. Though the germans were scared of the huns and forced to flee from them (they ended up revering him and putting him in their mythology LMAO), it ended up being that the germanics were forced to fight the easier (in decline) enemy, by dealing the end to western rome once and for all.

[@jakeg3733]

@@myrnaa1077 Ironically (considering he is thought of as the bogeyman) what allowed him to succeed was his restraint and strategic thinking. Brutality will only get you so far, and he knew when to scare the shit out of people and when to win them over by more subtle means

[@chrisr7597]

Too cool🔥

[@danielzhang1916]

@@myrnaa1077 the Huns were from the area of Mongolia / Northeastern China, the pronunciations of Xiongnu were *hoŋ-nâ in Late Old Chinese and as *hɨoŋ-nɑ, we can definitely see where the name is from

[@ТөвшөөТөвшөө-п1ф]

The name of the first king of Hunnu was tumenshanyu. There are many people named tumen in Mongolia. Hunnu is also a Mongolian word. DNA analysis was also done on many graves of Hunnu people from Mongolia. It has been confirmed that 68.8% are similar to Mongolians. Also, Luut city of Hunnu was found in Mongolia. Luut is the Mongolian word for dragon in Mongolian. It has also been confirmed that the appearance, culture, traditions, and lifestyle of the Hunnu people are similar to those of the Mongolian people today.

[@bigbadseed7665]

>worship a god of war >prey to their weapons Huns were real life space marines.

[@lunchingtangpua2415]

@@idgafatall1562 like you never lie about your life to make sound better

[@Ace-id3ky]

Dont you dare compare divine spaca marines with some barbaric huns who tore down Rome itself you fucking idiot.

[@Sgtassburgler]

@@Ace-id3ky Necrons>Chaos>Nids>Eldar>Imperium>Tao Space marines are basically Hun level to be honest.

[@jdjones4825]

I haven't heard about space marines for decades...👍

[@commanderkei9537]

@@idgafatall1562 >enter argument >state all parties are wrong >refuses to clarify or explain

[@LucasDimoveo]

3rd and 4th century politics be like: "I'm a Gotho-Gepid with Hunnic characteristics"

[@ghanvedsingh8946]

Yes Goth were also related to the Hunas

[@_vinterthorn]

@@ghanvedsingh8946 Related? In which way? The Goths were a Germanic tribe, probably from the south of today's Sweden, of which, after dividing into western and eastern splinter groups, the Ostrogoths sided with the Huns while the Visigoths became Roman foederati.

[@fanio9413]

Ghanved Singh Goths were not related to the Huns bro, if anything they were mortal enemies

[@ghanvedsingh8946]

Do you know that story of Mahabharata it was between cousin brothers only

[@antonludwigaugustvonmacken8680]

If I remember correctly the Gepids were among the Gothic tribes. Idk this isn't directly combating your common but clarification helps

[@jax2728]

Their exile into the altai mountains seems so similar to the Ergenekon Legend of the Göktürks.

[@k.a.2253]

Great reference

[@ganizhunis910]

The Huns are the prototurks.

[@caglaralpdurmus7159]

I think it is too similar to call it similar.

[@k.a.2253]

@@ganizhunis910 no

[@yigitcankaradeniz362]

Delger Khangai that may be true but in those times there isn't a distinction between Turks and Mongols. In all the empires they built, other one is also included.

[@sirunklydunk8861]

"Origins of the Huns" I can't wait until this channel covers "The Ethnic Battles of The Hun Video's Comment Section!"

[@hansbass8119]

My popcorn is ready. Let the battle commence

[@ahamedihamiyun5927]

They where Turkic

[@derinarslanoglu2709]

@@ahamedihamiyun5927 they were cockic

[@mdi8164]

@@ahamedihamiyun5927 and so it begins

[@isunlloaoll]

@@ahamedihamiyun5927 turkic people are made up of many different races and people.

[@shehansenanayaka3046]

Attila was one of the greatest rulers and commanders at that time. Love from Sri Lanka. We always appreciate your hard work and dedication towards these videos.

[@boyanhristov1280]

As a Graphic Designer i can say that thi art style is so amasing it made me subbscribe before even watching one third from the video. Respect!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Welcome aboard!

[@arghunpride5704]

Thanks for this masterpiece video. Hello from Kazakhstan!

[@torschlusspanik8622]

Merhaba kardeşim. Türkiyeden.

[@bhaktdestroyer4555]

Can I get some potassium

[@sunofpeter2]

Hey from Nebraska! live well bro

[@Q_QQ_Q]

Hello Borat

[@mariakelly5]

And a hello to you too!

[@VusalMusayev-s9w]

Tengri also means "God" or "Heaven" in Mongolian, in Turkish Tanri, in Azeri Tanri as well

[@VusalMusayev-s9w]

Tenger is applied to the skies which is blue. If Hungarians apply it to the sea which is also blue. Interesting.

[@zeflute4586]

@@VusalMusayev-s9w You know, when the Huns were in Mongolia, they saw no sea (other than some salty lakes maybe). Perhaps when they reached Black/Caspian Sea they just named the sea tenger. We Chinese translated Tengri into "长生天", which means "the eternal/immotal sky".

[@nurithegolden5755]

Kazakh Tengri

[@Huyedelomalo]

@Hungary #1 Hungarian tenger is from the Bulgar language and is related to Kazakh tengiz, Turkish deniz, which means the same: sea. The correlation is R-Z: 9 in Turkish is dokuz, in Chuvash (the only surviving Bulgar language) toxur (x=kh), Hungarian ökör means OX, in Turkish it's öküz

[@Huyedelomalo]

@@VusalMusayev-s9w no, it's related to kazakh tengiz, turkish den(g)iz, oğur = oğuz (R=Z). Hungarian is not Turkic but borrowed zillion of words from Bulgar and Khazar

[@zulfuferecli4859]

I see there are some discussions in comments regarding the Hunnic language and its connection to Turkic languages. Yes as the video said the empire itself is multiethnic and multilinguistic. However, the ruling family's language was oghur Turkic. Here is a section I am copying from a book about huns (the name of the book is at the end): " Turkic etymologies for the names of many of the other Hunnic kings and nobles before and after Attila, e.g. Mundzuk100 (Attila’s father, from Turkic Munčuq = ‘pearl/jewel’), Oktar/Uptar (Attila’s uncle, Öktär = ‘brave/powerful’), Oebarsius (another of Attila’s paternal uncles, Aïbârs = ‘leopard of the moon’), Karaton (Hunnic supreme king before Ruga, Qarâton = ‘blackcloak’), Basik (Hunnic noble of royal blood, early fifth century, Bârsiğ =‘governor’), Kursik (Hunnic noble of royal blood, from either Ku¨ rsiğ, meaning ‘brave or noble’, or Quršiq meaning ‘belt-bearer’).101 All three of Attila’s known sons have probable Turkic names: Ellac, Dengizich, Hernak, and Attila’s principal wife, the mother of the first son Ellac, has the Turkic name Herekan, as does another wife named Eskam (Ešqam = ‘companion of the Shaman’). It seems highly likely then from the names that we do know, most of which seem to be Turkic, that the Hunnic elite was predominantly Turkic speaking. However, in the western half of the empire, where most of their subjects spoke Germanic languages, the Huns may have used both Hunnic (Oghuric Turkic) and Gothic." Book - The Huns, Rome and the Birth of Europe by Hyun Jin Kim

[@kluts4137]

bruh, turks didnt even originate back in the times of Atilla.

[@II-ug8ji]

@@kluts4137 talking about proto turks we didn't exist out of nothing don't talk stupid

[@patrickhauser588]

Turks didn´t exist in those times. And Attila itself is a Germanic or Gothic name (Atta= father).

[@II-ug8ji]

@@patrickhauser588 check out the physical features of the attilla and talk later, does it look like you're stupid

[@patrickhauser588]

@eretna beyligi No man you are so stupid, honestly. Stop hearing Turkish Propaganda. Attila comes from the Germanic (Gothic) name meaning father. Attila became a predominant name in Hungary because when the Huns were beaten by the Romans and the Germanic warriors, they fled to Hungary. Most remained there. And in Turkey many were named Attila because many believed Turkish Progpaganda that Attila was an ancestor of Turkish peoples. Alexander is a Greek name for example, but Russians also claim to be the inheritants of the Ancient Greek and Romans. People are believing such rubbish sometimes..it is incredible. And of courese in Hungary they say Attila is a Hungarian name ;) To make the Propaganda Puzzle perfect

[@misarabage1359]

"Genghis khan's army consisted of the Mongol general and other steppe tribes like naimans...." Lmao, this is my tribe, still exists in Kazakhstan, origin is the North East Kazakhstan and some naimans live in the western China too, after the collapse of the mogol empire together with the other steppe tribes formed the kazakh nation Just to think my distant ancestors fought in the Mongol army and conquered the world, probably that is why all my relatives look so different, half Asian and half white Edit: we also still have the sword related customs and rituals f. E. People swore on the sword and when children are born their family sword is put under their bed to protect an infant from bad energy and honor the spirits of the ancestors

[@nehcooahnait7827]

Just saying: there is never a straight line between the so-called ‘white’ and ‘Asian’ people... no one was ever pure and everyone constantly moved around... today’s narrative of ‘race’ comes from the centuries’ old colonial construction in attempt to subjugate the colonized... even the idea of ‘Europe’ and ‘Asia’ was completely man-made, putting countries like Russia and Turkey in deep ambiguity...

[@MrEmretti]

@@nehcooahnait7827 he is white asian because he is mix of Mongol and Turkic cuman ! Cumans were blonde Turkic people.

[@benitacolmus4571]

Sa Ba I think this is wonderful that there is still a tradition not out honoring the newborns but the ancestors all at once per se..so much gets lost..time honored traditions esp those w/such powerful intent should’ve been the ones to ensure were passed on..

[@Ouzconqueror]

Half Asian half white ? do you mean Kypcak Kuman Turks ?? Mongol Army % 85 Turkic cos mongols never ever ancient race..or got population to make ARMYS build empires..Got good Khans and commanders short of time..And turkic tribes followed helped them..Thats it..in the END other Turkic Tribe Mamluks pwned their ASS..

[@geraldbrefka1145]

My Sarmatians originated in khazastan thousands of years before lol

[@kebabmanthekebab-giver9610]

Atilla was the first gamer in Europe

[@OmegaTrooper]

Kebabman The Kebab-giver he ruined Rome’s whole career

[@sovietpie]

he had enough Roman oppression of gamers so he came from asia to save us

[@Righteous1ist]

@@barsnack7999 Who are Magyars

[@ggarai3042]

@@Righteous1ist Hungarians ! Hun= Hungary

[@davidbence485]

@@ggarai3042 Wrong. Hungarians are not huns but magyars.

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

Those pesky Khergites will just hole up in their last castle to the far East whilst their small armies raid your villages...

[@mobileslug9603]

Less talking more raiding

[@keanuortiz3766]

Is that a warband reference?

[@mobileslug9603]

@@we1rdfuk It's almost harvesting season

[@thatonecrytian8997]

That’s a nice head you have on your shoulders

[@zuboy4272]

@@mobileslug9603 march 2020 harvesting season

[@aslof1069]

The word "HU" in Mongolian means Human, and "Hunnic Empire" meant "Human Empire". And when somebody asks what is your origin? We would say "Hunnu". It is an ancient Mongolian word for "Human". Both "Turks and the Mongols" refer their ancestors to the "Huns" or the "Hunnu". The Hunnic people didn't care about race etc bcse it was not important for them or something that troubled them. So they would mix with others easily along the campaigns.

[@ragnarlodbrok1012]

😅HUN might be KUN wich means SUN , i think huns not mongols they r ogur turks. Decendants of huns are Chuvash and Kazan tatars.

[@christopher.saint.christopher]

@@siyacer What language?

[@molo5455]

@@ragnarlodbrok1012 Incestors of Huns are Mongols, Kazakhs, Kyrgizs and Uyghurs...

[@curiousman3655]

Beautiful

[@oghuzkhan6136]

Thats right. Xiongnu and Huns were a mixation of nomadic people, it didnt matter what races it contained

[@aegontargaryen130]

Elek and Attila are still very common names in Hungary today

[@senseypires8817]

and in turkey

[@ceyhunpak5188]

What a suprise. The most commonly used names in Turkey: Atillla, Metehan, Teoman.

[@klearkhoswashokani1797]

this is because modern nationalism re-invented those names

[@aegontargaryen130]

Some of you said that these names are common in Turkey and a few other examples. To the question, was it always common in Hungary or just recently became a popular name? Yes, it was always common, and its considered a very old name here. There have been many great and leading figures in Hungary called these names. The Huns were a mix of different ethincs groups, part modern Hungarian, part modern Turkish, etc.

[@aegontargaryen130]

@sneksnekitsasnek Well there have been people called Attila since the foundation of the Hungarian Kingdom (1000 AD) and even before that. As I just wrote in my other comment there are historcal figures in Hungary's history called this. Attila as a name got especially popular at around 1800 and then reaching its highest point around 1960-1970 when it was the 6. most common name in Hungary. So as said it was always popular, but it got even more so in recent decades. Its still very common today. As for the name Elek it was much more popular back in the time. The further back you go in history the more common it gets. Nowadays its not that common anymore, as more and more parents choose the names which have a western origin and are just made to sound more Hungarian. There is also a smaller town called Elek in Hungary btw.

[@suyashbhagwat5615]

Ah the good old Bleda and Attila, the nostalgia of AoE 2 is too much.

[@C0wb0yBebop]

Suyash Bhagwat great game -

[@alraziosmany]

Same here.... AoE nostalgia... and killing of bleda in the hand of attila

[@suyashbhagwat5615]

@@alraziosmany It's such a great game man, I grew up with that game.

[@AcZe1188]

I still play AoE2 and there's a really great community in steam

[@suyashbhagwat5615]

@@AcZe1188 I'm going to buy it, think they're releasing AoE 2 with new graphics and such.

[@kisher5135]

Hello to everyone from the Chuvash Republic.

[@turkhavari]

Türkiye'den esenlikler

[@ra-ge]

Always welcome to Danube Bulgaria you who are the people descended from khanasubigi Kotrag.

[@ra-ge]

@Cyprus İs Turkey My friend according to some historians the Bulgars, the founders of Old great Bulgaria, Danube Bulgaria and Vologa Bulgaria and few more little not very known countries spoke oghuric turkic languige. There god was Tangra. When they conqure the slavic people and mix with them, the elite spoke turkic. I'm not gonna go into the Irano-sarmatic or any other version of the bulgars here.

[@ai-kt3hy]

True descendants of Huns, the Chuvashians.

[@ai-kt3hy]

@@kila200 Sarmats are not Iranic though, it is proven.

[@turkluk5013]

Huns believed in Tengri, the sky god.

[@NubiansNapata]

Because they were from the same region as Mongolians...Huns, Avars and conquering Hungarian nomadic groups arrived into the Carpathian Basin from the Eurasian Steppes and significantly influenced its political and ethnical landscape. In order to shed light on the genetic affinity of above groups we have determined Y chromosomal haplogroups and autosomal loci, from 49 individuals, supposed to represent military leaders. Haplogroups from the Hun-age are consistent with Xiongnu ancestry of European Huns. Most of the Avar-age individuals carry East Asian Y haplogroups typical for modern north-eastern Siberian and Mongolian Buryat populations and their autosomal loci indicate mostly unmixed East Asian characteristics.

[@_B-Butters_]

@@altinbardhi it's not true. they believe tengrism

[@_B-Butters_]

@@altinbardhi different race but Turks and Mongols are They lived together for a long time, for example Genghis Khan's army was mostly Turkish Mongols were also a minority in their own empire and yes, after a certain time, there is a mixture. Turks and Mongols in Asia are similar to each other.

[@suldeesuldee6989]

@@_B-Butters_ Mongols didnt live with turks turks is just neighbor country. After the establishment of the Mongol Empire, the Mongols had a small population and need soldiers and began to occupy neighboring countries to get soldiers. It did not mean that they were all Turks.China Russia and many other countries

[@_B-Butters_]

@@suldeesuldee6989 Turks were nomads and you may have seen Turks with shaved heads, they lived with the Mongols and were influenced by their culture.

[@arzusimsek2827]

As a turk I can say huns are the great fathers of turks and mongols in turkish history there are three types of huns:Asian huns,Western huns and White huns.Asian huns are the great fathers of mongols and turks because Chinese say göktürks are a decented of huns

[@rosswebster7877]

Probably what the Roman historian meant by the Huns having "no religion" was that the Romans regarding any foreign beliefs and practices they didn't like as a "supersticio" as opposed to a "true" "religio."

[@ebuuuu2833]

I dont think so. Foreigners could not understand the religion of nomads. An example Arabs to called "no religion" for non muslim/Zarathustran/Budhist/Manichaean/Jews/Nasturi christ Turkic peoples.

[@ericlanglois9194]

Romans regularly assimilated religious beliefs and practices from other groups, it seems unlikely they would have assumed someone has no religion simply because it's foreign. In fact they seem to have believed that all religions were legit and feared the gods of other religions as much as they would have feared their own gods.

[@aokiaoki4238]

No Romans had a multi god religion

[@rosswebster7877]

@@ericlanglois9194 True, but in the pre-Christian Roman polytheistic religion, religious tolerance only existed as long as your religion did not threaten the Roman State or the Emperor. I.e. Druidism, Judaism (60s-70s AD) and Christianity (before 320s AD).

[@richardlinter4111]

By that time (451AD) the Romans were thoroughly Christianized. "No religion" meant pagan or animist.

[@baybarshan2500]

Tengri Biz Menen, Huns would drink Kimiz ( alcoholic beverage from horse milk ). The Huns/Turks believe that a Grey wolf lead them out of the Altay Mountains into the steppes

[@fatihorkunss]

@UCBbnuCP8POOnKSINsOk7pMQ yea I agree this document..monghols are not turk as genetic...but their lifestyle similar because of geographic and cultural occupation..

[@MrBsct]

Turks=Centeral Asians. Turkish people=Anatolians conquered by Turks. Go to Kazhkstan and they look nothing like Turkish people.

[@muratdenizhankakac1690]

@@MrBsct No. Turkic: central asians like Özbek, Türkmen ... Turkish: Anatolian Turks. All of them is Türk.

[@fatihorkunss]

@Arda Gezik yea I readed academical books about origins of turks most of hungarian danish or other historians agree about it

[@yigithatunoglu3293]

@@MrBsct bro u r speaking nonsense

[@kevin-jg1pt]

When the Han Dynasty was ready to fight the Xiongnu, they prepared tens of thousands of cavalry and hundreds of thousands of infantry. In winter, they feed millet to the horses to maintain their fighting power, and then launch a general attack in the spring. Nomadic people do not have millet, after all, it was very luxurious to feed horses millet in ancient times.After the defeat, the Huns split into two branches. One surrenders and the other migrates to Central Asia

[@_berat.ugur_3089]

Turks were already in central Asia. The majority of Turks belonged to the xiongnu state, some of them were in Central Asia. we migrated to central asia from the northern forests of siberia.

[@johndoe123xyz]

The ancient Chinese had a governing hierarchy that allowed them to organize such enormous projects such as the building the great wall. That's why they could raise such enormous armies, that's why they could drive the Xiongnu people away. The Europeans did not have that kind of hierarchy, and for the Huns fighting the ancient Chinese then the Europeans was like playing multiplayer first and then switch to single player campaign

[@lyhthegreat]

yeah i read that the normads were at their weakest right after winter as their livestocks and horses will lose weight because there would be no grass for them to graze during then and so the best time to attack them is right after winter.

[@nathanfrancis9411]

@@johndoe123xyz I mean the Europeans at the time had a pretty complex governing hierarchy in the Roman Empire. The Huns just happened to attack when it was already in its downward spiral and they just helped speed it up. Had Attila invaded during the time of Trajan or Constantine it would’ve been different.

[@QasqaZhol]

​@@nathanfrancis9411roman government at that point of history were puppet emperors ruling the countries in the interests of monopolists. That was the main issue of rome since lower class, slaves and middle class were suffering from corrupted rome

[@okok-ky4in]

basically the eurasian steppes is a bane for empires

[@JoePro84]

Hitler and Napoleon agree with this comment.

[@hevnervals]

Nomads can mobilize huge armies. Every male is also a soldier.

[@sciencefliestothemoon2305]

The Russians disagree

[@heavenwatcher100]

Not a bane anymore, LUL.

[@douglassantet647]

@president camacho the bottom line is that the Russians unified all the lands from the baltics all the way to the Pacific

[@Abhi-yf9uf]

You guys are doing a tremendous service to the history by enlightening people with their past and also making it interesting to understand even for the people who never studied history or considered it as a boring subject. I, himself as a history student do appreciate your efforts and would like to suggest that if you can please add present-day pics of the places where many battles were fought that will be more interesting. If people ever visited those places but were unaware of the history of that place, will be able to relate themselves with that place and cherish their memories and it will attract more people to visit those places.

[@sorutonamikaze4754]

Hanuman is a little bitch & terrorist Hanuman was defeated by Vali Hanuman got his ass kicked by Indradevta

[@DrinkingStar]

Good video in tying together a number of elements in Hun origin and history. I suspected the Huns had an Oriental origin when I saw"Xiongnu" translated as "Huns" in several translator apps. Your description was the simplest and clearest concerning the origin of the Huns. I hope you do future episodes with the Magyars and the Goths.

[@enderuslu725]

Altai mountains are the homeland of ancient Gokturks (Turkic tribes), and Metehan, who is the founder of the empire of the Xiongnu, is a name from the Turkish language! European historians never mention the connection between the Xiongnu and Gokturk khanates although both of them were funded by the same nomadic tribes relative to each other and speak very similar dialects. Many Turkish historians today accept the Xiongnu as the Asian Huns.

[@QasqaZhol]

Xiongnu was the homeland of proto-turks. Then those nomadic people started their own Age of Discovery after their split into multiple small Hunnic khanates. Those who were not in favor of the Hunnic split, started to migrate westward and mixed with asian scythians(who had the mongoloid type of look and were named "saq"), then they also started to explore persia, caucasus, Edil river(volga river) and eastern europe. All of their migrations were not just te migration, but was like first exploration expeditions. Similar to how europeans discovered new world, Hunnic nomads discovered Europe, and started their expansion into lesser developed europe. Attila and the other Hunns before him were the conquistadors of nomadic people, who started to subjugate european folks. Because european hunns were the small part of the hunns across the entire eurasian continent

[@ee_wehealtogether]

Basically you are right, the early Huns in Asia were likely to be related to Scythians, Turks, Mongols, and Han Chinese. The Scythians provided the nomadic way of life, the Chinese provided organization and technology, and the Mongols and Turks provided most of the people, possibly including the language of the Huns. This is just one of the more reliable theories, the museum and the data are more convincing.

[@erdoğantatlı]

@@ee_wehealtogether han çinlileri mi? koreli ve japonlar ile türkler arasında bile bağlantı kurabilirsin ama han çinlilerini nereden bulup bilgi olarak buraya yazdın. kesin olan şey çinlilerle orta asyalı türk kavimlerin asla karışmadığıdır!

[@ee_wehealtogether]

@@erdoğantatlı Orijinal karışık olmayan Türkler Asya'dan geliyordu. Türk kavramı ortaya çıktığında, Ashina Tumen'in Türk Hanlığını kurması muhtemelen MS 6. ila 7. yüzyıllar arasındaydı. O dönemde Türk olarak adlandırılanların, daha önceki Wusun'ların ve az sayıdaki Hunların (M.Ö. 1. yüzyıldan M.Ö. 1. yüzyıla kadar) torunları olma olasılıkları daha yüksekti. Han Hanedanlığı'nın soyundan gelen bir kurt ve Han Çinlilerinin müttefiki olarak Hunları yendi. Ancak aynı göçebe yaşam tarzı, Hunların (Asyalılar) ve Wusun gibi İskitlerin ve muhtemelen diğer küçük kabilelerin, Türkler adı verilen yeni bir rejim altında birleşmelerine olanak tanıdı. Bununla birlikte, ilk dönem Hunları aslında ilk Han Çinlileri ile yakından ilişkilidir. Hunlar, Sarı Nehir'in üst kesimlerindeki Hetao bölgesinden kaynaklanırken, Han Çinlileri, Sarı Nehir'in orta ve aşağı kesimlerinden doğmuştur. Farklı üretimlerden dolayı insanların sayısı daha fazladır, çünkü Hunlar göçebeliği İskitlerden öğrenmeyi seçerken, Han Çini diğer insanları entegre ederek çiftçilik ve yerleşimi tercih etmiştir. hayat yerleşik tarıma dayanıyor. Öncelikle sığır ve koyunları yiyecekle evcilleştirmelisiniz. Çevre kötüleştiğinde otlatmaya çıkabilirler. İlginç bir örnek vermek gerekirse, Çin tarihinin ilk hanedanı Xia Hanedanlığı olarak adlandırılıyordu. Xia'nın eski telaffuzu büyük, görkemli veya siyah anlamına gelen Gra'ya benziyordu ve Kara da aynı anlama geliyordu. Bir diğer ilgi çekici gerçek ise Çin'deki Aşina Türklerinin soyundan gelen pek çok kişinin aile isimlerini SHI olarak değiştirmiş olması ve artık Han Çinlisi olmalarıdır. Tarih bir ayrılma ve yeniden birleşme sürecidir. Çin'e gelerek müzeleri bizzat görebilirsiniz. Han Çin'inden ve Xiongnu'dan ortaya çıkarılan birçok kültürel eser vardır. Aşırı milliyetçilik tarihin gerçeklerini kaçırmanıza neden olabilir.

[@ee_wehealtogether]

@@erdoğantatlı Xiongnu, Türklerden daha eski bir kavramdır. İlginç olan, SHI soyadını taşıyan birçok Han Çinlisinin Ashina'nın soyundan gelmesidir. Demek istediğim, otlaklarda kalan Xiongnu kabileleri daha sonraki Türklere katıldı, ancak daha sonra Ashina ailesi gibi onlar da Han Hanedanına katıldılar. Xiongnu, İskit kültüründen derinden etkilenmişti, ancak Xiongnu, Han Çinlileri gibi Çin'in Sarı Nehir Havzası'ndan geliyordu. İlk Çin hanedanı Xia, gra'ydı, evet Kara'ydı, yani görkemli, büyük ve siyahtı.

[@feelsgoodman9751]

In Turkey they teach us that the Xiongnu was basically the asiatic huns and atilla etc were european huns edit: for some people in the comments thinking that they teach us atilla was turkish. : they dont teach us that atilla was turkish, they teach us that he was one of our ancestors. We learn that Mete Han (modu chanyu) was our first leader, the story of him is identical to Oghuz Khagan which is the semi-mythological leader of Turks,considering the European Huns are xiognu that migrated westwards, then yes Atilla is our ancestor.

[@affentaktik2810]

feelsgoodman Unfortunately turkey teaches a lot of bullshit about turkic, mongolic, tartar history which is sad cuz its actually really interesting

[@feelsgoodman9751]

@@affentaktik2810 i wouldn't call it bullshit, what they taught us is true to a great extent

[@bigsmoke1787]

@@affentaktik2810 I think you're telling us a lot of bullshit too considering you have no degree regarding turkology you with your superficial knowledge don't talk like you have a doctor title sit down take a seat bitch

[@d0kana520]

@TheEnforced then tell us Where is attila from?

[@d0kana520]

Enlighten us pls

[@apachethehun]

In 16 minutes I learned and retained more information about the Huns than books, other videos, and tv episodes about the subject could ever do. I hope you guys become mainstream mainstream one day!

[@oghuzkhan6136]

Thank you for your attention and making a video about the Huns. Greatings from Turkey

[@suphan7047]

Atilla's grandfather name was Uldız (Uldin) which in Turkish Yıldız, means Star. It's came from an old Turkish epic. According to an epic, Oghuz Khan who ancestor of nomadic tribes, has 6 children, three of them celestial other three terrestrial. Celestial boys names: Gün (Sun), Ay (Moon), Yıldız (Star) Terrestrial boys name: Gök (Sky), Dağ (Mount), Deniz (Sea) Some founders changes their name and choose one of them for legality. For example Genghis name was Temüjin but he change his name and choose Çengiz, it's mean Deniz in Mongolian. Uldız (Uldin) did same thing. Now a question, why they take little brothers name? Because in nomadic culture tent belongs to little boys. So they mean - we are the real heir of Oghuz Khan.

[@patrickhauser588]

Turks didn´t even exist then. Turks began to exist in 550 after Christ.

[@icyveins-24]

Genghis/Tengiz/Cengiz etc doesn't mean the "sea" in Mongolian. The source of that title is highly debated and one suggestion is that he got that Turkic name and Han/Khan (ruler) to signify he is the ruler of everything, but there is no certainty. Also Oguz Khan epic as you said is an epic and there are many variations of it and none of them are certain, even if he actually existed. While there is a historical link with the Huns and Pro-Turks/Turkic tribes, it's not proven that Huns are in fact Turks

[@merd209]

@@icyveins-24 The event is not the fact that the epic is real, but the fact that the Huns are mentioned in the epic. Huns are Turkish, Attilada is Turkish, this is indisputable. culture language war style everything is compatible with turks

[@icyveins-24]

@@merd209 indisputable is a very bold claim for something that is heavily disputed. I'd be happy to check your resources for a concrete evidence. Everything you mention to be "compatible with Turks" is plausible to relate Turks to Huns but it could be that they all were a part of the Hunnic nation along with other tribes and had heavy influence on each other. It could even be that population wise Turks were more dominant and could have had more influence but it's very difficult to pin point the origin. As a similar example, for decades many scholars from Turkey and around the globe had a theory that Turkish and Mongolian were in the same language group but then the theory got debunked and it was accepted that there is a heavy influence over each other due to living in close contact for a long time but not enough structural connection to suggest they form the same language group. Again there would be substantial amount of culture and language similarities with Mongolians but it wouldn't be valid to say Turks = Mongolians. Also again it's only a variation of the epic that it's about the Hun leader Mete and Atilla is not a direct descendant of Mete.

[@hudai7994]

@@icyveins-24 Anca bu şekilde münasip bi tarafınızdan tarih uydurarak kendinizi avutun

[@camille2881]

"Who needs school when you have Kings and Generals as your teacher ... " Attila's speech in 451 before the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains (True story by the way, I was there.)

[@heronofalexandria91]

Kami Attack ahh I remember that day. My steam powered bronze spiders tore across the battle field ending the Huns.

[@henricussilvanus4332]

@@heronofalexandria91 thanks for starting the industrial revolution in the 1st century👍

[@MrDwarfHammerToFace]

Brian Williams is that you?

[@heronofalexandria91]

Henricus Silvanus I also discovered the secret to eternal life (don’t tell anybody)

[@serhatcetin5862]

@@heronofalexandria91 okay i keep it

[@HUNdAntae]

Also in Hungarian "tenger" means: A) sea B) vast/huge/immeasurably numerous > tengernyi / tenger-sok

[@seboh9554]

It is smilar but origin göktengri mean blue sky

[@sertankay86]

In Turkey have very local word; "Tenger tos" which mean turning insight out/my life destroyed/punished from god etc. Old villagers using a different situations.

[@hammerita]

@Mr Doggo if they are descendant why was feudal anarchy in Hungary in the XI. century?

[@hammerita]

@Mr Doggo yes, .. and they killed each other

[@divinemoments5344]

Hunarians most certainly mingled with Huns a lot but they're more related to eastern-european peoples, like Finns (the most), Balts and Slavs.

[@Dragons_Armory]

In the old Chinese pronunciations the word for "Xiong" ~ is pronounced something like "Hun" or "Hunn" So yeah, the world "Xiongnu" did pretty much sound like "Hunna"

[@zoltantakacs5001]

And how they spell hungarian?

[@xqliu9356]

I am Chinese and I love history. The first time I knew about the Huns I instinctively thought they were connected to the Xiongnu(匈奴). But I might be wrong.

[@aurelbekteshi8951]

@Yung cash register A.K.A Lil Broomstick A nuk ngjan me shume si hunde ajo fjale? Fjala Hunna, them.

[@reginaldbauer5243]

@@zoltantakacs5001 In Chinese, 匈牙利 or Xiōngyálì Your name (Takacs) is Hungarian (Magyar) right? Beszélsz magyarul?

[@ghanvedsingh8946]

That looks corruption of Zion (xion in Chinese) they must be the Jewish tribes allienced with other non state actors of central asea who most probably came with Alexander the great from various parts of Persian empire and Greece when thrown out of power became state less n roamed around in step lands of central Asia

[@cavc94]

Fun fact: in the germanic legends that evolved into Nibelungenlied, the Siegfried's widow married Atli who it seems to be Attila. So the intermarriage between germanics and huns was still present in norse mythology.

[@mahakalabhairava9950]

When it actually didn't happen in Scandinavia...

[@12tanuha21]

west germanic mythology, not norse. Main part of the story is at the Rhine.

[@Adil_Turysbek_TVRC]

​​@@12tanuha21 I believe that norse also had Attila in their legends. Kriemhield though has different name Gudrun I suppose. I wonder if Kriemhild and Gudrun came from Ildico.

[@Darth_Enigma]

Holy shit I was legit thinking of the Huns yesterday, K&G is psychic confirmed

[@grendo45]

same for me, just a few days ago i thought "aw man it would be nice if kings and generals had a video abou where the huns came from and what they did"

[@chiron13]

I thought I was alone before I scrolled down to read the comments !

[@masteroutlaw100]

Same, I played Total War Attila for the first time in a while yesterday

[@willtipton100]

Tbh i think about the huns every day 😳

[@ghostof711]

Our energy is heard and cherished!

[@raptodino1998]

Western Europe after the huns - "Why do I feel like this is a warning for something bigger in the next few centuries?" *Mongols enter the chat*

[@ZombolicBand]

*Atleast it cant get any worse* 😂

[@tsedenishbadrakh3526]

yes

[@googane7755]

Gonna be China next lmao

[@lionelhutz5137]

Europeans: *after Mongols leave* "phew, well, at least the worst is behind us" *Timurids enter chat*

[@ramonantoniobennett-ryuuke6301]

@@lionelhutz5137 and then the Ottoman Turks entered the chat and boy is it getting crowed. Xiong-Nu: 4th century B.C.-2nd century B.C. Huns(Xiong-Nu part 2): 370A.D.-453A.D. Mongols:1206A.D.-1380A.D. Ottoman Turks: 1299A.D.-1923A.D. Modern Turkey(Possible revived Ottoman Empire): 2020 A.D.????

[@VusalMusayev-s9w]

the Seljuk Turks were also classified by the Byzantines as 'Huns'.

[@ElacTeubusht]

Thank you.. True My freind

[@OwnTrick]

Where did this bullshit came from? Havent heard of it anywhere at all, can you give us sources? The byzantine classified everyone having alliance with abbasids as arabs or simply the infidels/anti christ. The only people that knew seljuks were orginally turks are arabs and persians whicu themselves recorded their languages, tribes and culture. You can simply see that by searching لغة الترك on google.

[@OwnTrick]

@@balporsugu2.0 Firstly they were allies with the sassanids against the hephthalites in which they defeated them and divided their state among themselves, the gokturks wanted to trade with the romans via the silk road in which the shah of persia (khosrow) declined and responded with (i control the silk road and your products will be bought my us and then sold for them, not directly). The gokturks were unhappy with that response so for the conclusion wanted alliance with the romans but eventuslly were crushed by the sassanids in the gokturk-persian wars (2 wars to be exact). The romans claimed to be allies with them but never responded during the war and left the gokturks vulnerable for defeat againdt the sassanids. Heres the thing, the romans called them saka due to knowledge about scythians (which were not turks anyways) but just titled them that. The seljuks were called turks (and only that) not huns or sakas or anything other than turks, arabs and persians called them that because they knew them, the romans claimed them as seljuks or caliphate army duringnthe battle of manzikert. They started calling them seljuk turks later on during seljuks of rum (in anatolia) hope this clears everything out.

[@d2thezdeezee113]

OwnTrick There are arabs that live in turkey but Turks are not Arabs.

[@porkycrap4195]

LOL. Turks are not Turkic!!! Turks of today are arabs! Old turkic that used to be in Turkey have mostly Disappeared !

[@Profanumx]

There is an interesting claim about the origin of the name "Atilla" that appears in both Hungarian and Turkish people. Itil river (Russian: River Volga, the region which was the capital of ancient Khazaria) was also pronounced as "Atil". Atil means Atilgan, Aggressive in turkish. It is still used occasionally in Turkish to express impatient people. I can easily see it pronounced as Atilgan firstly, and alter into Atilla with centuries passing by. Interestingly as a side note; Kapgan Khan (Qapaghan Khan, Mòchuò in some sources) known as the 2nd Göktürk Kagan, was also named after his personal traits. Kap means "to grab", "to snatch" "to take" "sometimes to steal what belongs to others" "to invade". And Kapgan means "the one who invades." Not only that. In the Islamized Ottoman (Some say "Ataman") there was "Yıldırım" Bayezid. Jıldırım or Yıldırım means "Lightning" in Turkish. In other words, as in ancient and native American society, it is customary for Turks to give the name of the child born as a "nickname", perhaps long after he or she is born.

[@neobogard]

That's true. Atil in old Turkic languages meant to strike or fearless.

[@tuguldurlkhagvadorj8331]

Volga is Ijil Murun meaning Same River in Mongolia. Atilgan is replica of Mongolian word Adilhan which means Same. I wonder if today’s so called turkish people who look like arabs or french still use the word adilhan or ijilhen to say when two things are same. Turkish Mongolians call the flower the same Tsetseg. But today’s turks are not what turkic was in the days where we shared the same word to call a flower. Turks chose different religion Allah but we Mongolians stayed true Shamanist kept Shamanism alive for 4000 years until even to this day.

[@Profanumx]

​@@tuguldurlkhagvadorj8331 You sound like the typical Mongolian I've come across online. I don't understand your intention, but it seems like an insult to me that you compare us to Arabs or French. Nothing personal, sorry if i am wrong. But know that if you say this to an ordinary Turk, they will take it as an insult. Now I will prove to you that we are not Arabs or French. The word you wrote as "ijilhen" is probably the word we use as "itilen" meaning= "pushed". Atilgan = Atılan = Being thrown at, or the one who jumps forward. So being pushed and thrown are essentially similar. The word you use as "Tsetseg" is written as "Çiçek" in us. Its pronunciation is "Chichek". Doesn't it mean anything to you that the two words you gave examples are in today's Turkiye-Turkish? We were already Ottomans(Ataman) 500 years ago, the westerners gave the name Turk. They called the place we live as Turkia. Because although we have forgotten, we are Turkish. They know better than us for sure. Westerners have a habit of recording history in writing. We didn't have this. We carved some things on stones or somewhere else. But it was never enough. Today, some Turks hate you (for fighting against Islam) and some sympathize with you (like me) because your pastoral lifestyle reminds us of our ancestors. Not everyone is "from the city" in Turkey. It certainly has its equivalent in Mongolian. In Turkish, two different groups are defined as Urban and Villagers. (Köylü-Şehirli / Obalı -Şehirli) I think this debate has existed since the beginning of history. Villagers are more dependent on Customs (Töre-Tigir) . Urbanites are more likely to assimilated by foreign cultures. There are still many people who live pastoral life, keep livestock and keep horses in Türkiye. I don't want to get into a religious debate with you. I just want to explain some things. We are not all Muslims. And many of us live by blending Islam with Tengriism in our own way. The name of our ancient god is "Tengri". We were never shamans. Shamans were common people in Asia. The real Turkish follows "Tengri". It has no gender, lives in the sky (In universe). Oghuz kaan deported the shamans to the east, to present-day Mongolia, just as you said. This is how the Arabs sold their religion to the Turks. They said that Tengri and Allah are similar. If you read the history a little bit, you will understand that not "in fact" Turks have become Arabs, but that Arabs and Iranians have become Turkish, and even the caliph was a puppet of the Turks. These events took place during the Seljuk period. Selcuk bey was actually a Tengriist. It was the yabgu of the Oghuz confederation. After they became Muslims, they established a great empire, they did not do anything different from what your ancestors wanted to do (red apple-golden apple-the unreachable goal-world domination.) Because in the time of Oguz Kaan (some say that he was the Great Hun Emperor), there was a belief that the Turks dominated the world and this should be experienced again. You saw and recognized the remnants of the Seljuks as the Harzemshahs. But I don't know if they give information about Turkish history in general in Mongolia. You tell me about common ancestor and history. We Turks know that we are descended from a common ancestor with the Mongols, or at least close enough to be called cousins. Today, when I watch the Mongolian festivals, when I see the wrestlers, it is difficult to distinguish them from those in my own country. When you speak your language slowly, I can understand some sentences. First explain why your great khan of half Turkish origin killed the Cuman-Kipchaks. They had a completely different phenotype than you, but your commander, Subutay, also knew that they were genetically close to you. This is something I am particularly curious and sad/mad about. Turks and steppe people have never had a single ethnicity. The Turkish image you see in the TV series, I'm sorry, but it existed in Mongolia 2000 years ago. It is true and natural that our phenotype has been influenced by elements such as Greek-Slavic-Iranian-Arab. In the work named Cami'üt-tevarih, written by Reşidüddin Fazlullah between 1304 and 1316, dedicated to İlkhanlı Han Olcaytu Han, the author of the book explains the concept of Türk, based on their dispersal over a wide geography, that the Turks were Oghuz called Turkmen; After stating that Kipchak, Kalaç, Kanklı, Karluk and others belonged to them, and that their dialects were close to each other, he also noted that there were differences among all of these Turkish tribes due to the conditions of the places they lived. In addition, he brought the Turks directly from the descendants of the son of Noah, in accordance with the conceptions of the period. The reason for this is that the Oghuzs were very influential in the Ilkhanid country at that time. So, can you explain why you look like Chinese? If only you've read the Orkhon inscriptions in Central Asia!

[@incisaruhan8941]

Atilgan does not mean aggressive in Turkish; gullible is more apt translation of the word, root the word of which, is the imperative, "ATIL" ; means , jump, go forward! No connection with the word aggressive. Aggressive in Turkish is " BASKICI", originating from BASKI, means PRESSURE, and, baskici, is the one who pressurizes.

[@butovazerbaycanbutovazerba4863]

@@tuguldurlkhagvadorj8331 Mongols and Turks were not Shamanists, they were from a religion called Sky Goddess.

[@aokiaoki4238]

"There, where I have passed, the grass will never grow again." Attila the Hun.

[@oghuzkhan6136]

@Haroon Abdul Majeed He said that figurative. He meant that he will rain death

[@astrofrk]

Man could he fart!

[@blurgle9185]

@@oghuzkhan6136 "He meant that he will rain death" Not enough then. What a loser.

[@yumani_]

Said Turcophobic! Attilla was a Hun! Fool

[@aokiaoki4238]

@@yumani_ Huns were not Turkic. This is Panturkism propaganda.

[@AntonsClass]

I really appreciate the deep dive you did on the origins of the Huns, as it relates to the Xiangu tribes of Mongolia. Genetic evidence suggests that they did indeed leave their Asian DNA among certain ethnic groups in Eurasia.

[@brianticas7671]

Of course. The huns took over part of France and raided on the Roman's 2.

[@brianticas7671]

The same with Mongols. They took over Russia, China, hungary, and Poland. They were on their way to France and England when they back tracked.

[@AntonsClass]

@@brianticas7671 the history of humanity is so interesting. People are always migrating.

[@TheTokkie]

Xiangnu themselves were already mixed due to Indo European migration into Mongolia. Even today Mongols(!) have 9% "European" genes in them. Read this very interesting paper based on CHinese sources and genetic studies of ancient Xiangu

[@_berat.ugur_3089]

donkey fitting. The Mongolian word originated around 1200 and has no connection with the xiongnu. The Turks, who migrated from the forests of Northern Siberia to the north of Central Asia and China, established the xiongnu state. Today, the date of Oğuz Kağan's accession to the throne is shown as the foundation year of the Turkish Armed Forces.

[@timroberts4635]

I absolutely LOVE this channel... all their videos are not only historically accurate & educational but also extremely entertaining.... Keep up the great work....!!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks for watching!

[@timroberts4635]

Almost a million subscribers and they still personally respond to my comment... Thank you & you have a subscriber for life... Super impressed...

[@veyselturan577]

After the death of Atilla, his empire collapsed.Part of the Huns returned to Euroasian steppes, another part stayed in Europe , adopted christianity and established a Hungarian kingdom. Its written on the Royal Crown of Hungary: "King Geza- the faithful king of Turks".. Moreover Byzantine emperor Constantine Porphyrogenitus (948-952 AD) called Hungarians (Magyars) as Turks and their land as Turkland (Turkiya) in his book 'De Administrando Imperio' and also called Arpad as the 'Great prince of Turks'..

[@mahakalabhairava9950]

Hungarian connection is debunked.

[@mamlukkiptcak1231]

​@liljana zhiti My y-dna is R1a-Z2124, greatgrandfather was from the turk minority in Bulgaria - nationality turkish.

[@veyselturan577]

@Jonathan The language of the nomads was very simple. Modern day Hungarians and Turks have been separated from each other for about 2000 years. Their languages took different path to develop. Today there are 6 Independant Turkic states. Hungary is an active partisipant in the organization of Turkic Counsel.

[@puruttyaaa]

@@mahakalabhairava9950 proven*

[@mahakalabhairava9950]

@@puruttyaaa No. It is simply not a Turkic language.

[@flks7172]

In Turkish we have lı, li, lu, lü suffixes which we when describing a person from a nation from a certain place or a nation. Sometimes even call the nation itself with the same way. Such as Istanbul-Istanbullu or Çin(China) Çinli(Chinese),Yunan(Greek)-Yunanlı(Greek). So Hun-Hunlu must be the same. And it sounds similar with the word xiongnu.

[@utopian5411]

In older Chinese dialect xiongnu was pronounced Hunnu

[@nehcooahnait7827]

Utopian yeah something like that. Different romanization may also spell it like Hsiung-nu... X may also be pronounced as /h/ as well as in ‘México’... Hong Kong would be Hieung-Gang in Cantonese and Xiang-Gang in Standardized Mandarin.

[@alialahmad4329]

Turkish as in turkey or in turkstan

[@mertcoskun7382]

Yunanlı yanlış kullanımdır hocam. Hintli gibi.

[@VeV-1]

@@mertcoskun7382 Ama gene aynı sonuca çıkıyor Yunanistan''lı'' , Hindistan ''lı''. Bende Çanakkale ''li'' yim :D Ama Ordu'lu arkadaşım var lu örneği vermek için yazdım :)

[@tasbykekerey1203]

His name is Edil. Came from Edil river. And I am a Kerei(Khereit) Kazakh from Kazakhstan 🇰🇿

[@mustafaziyaakgul3331]

No his name is not edil.

[@Umtb2]

@@mustafaziyaakgul3331 It's true Attila's name came from Volga River's Turkish pronunciation.

[@mustafaziyaakgul3331]

@@Umtb2 no it's not true. Check bulgar rulers lineage. İt's avitohol not Atilla.

[@Umtb2]

@@mustafaziyaakgul3331 I will check it. Thank you

[@tasbykekerey1203]

@@4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz For those hater comment, I want to say: Congratulations! Your brain successfully fucked by Jews, and a joker called Cohen! LOL..

[@jl9737]

Loving the attila total war theme music in the background. Dont know why but i like mongol throat singing very much

[@moryankek2433]

U feel the battle field with u feet ahahah damn nice

[@oghuzkhan6136]

Throat songing does not belong only Mongols. Other nomadic tribes such as Huns (today we know them as Turkic people) does throat singing as well

[@barbiquearea]

Its one of my favorite Total War OSTs

[@slowdown7x]

THat's Turkic though not Mongolian.

[@yasinnehir4553]

HUNS are Turks . They are not mongols. You false know

[@aGr3atD4y]

Its incredible how much you can learn about history from a 15 min long video!

[@Krutamuzyka]

I'm a recent subscriber, but am a poverty-stricken student so haven't yet felt able to help out on patreon. That said, I'd be immensely grateful if you'd consider producing a video on the Anarchy period in England? It's a fascinating period, with a couple of interesting battles (the Battle of the Standard, and the Battle of Lincoln in particular). I feel it's very little-known, and something that'd really benefit from the Kings and Generals treatment.

[@Darth_Enigma]

Now this sounds interesting, first time I'm hearing about it

[@Krutamuzyka]

@Grant Willis ha, you can be poverty-stricken and attend a UK university, believe me.

[@Krutamuzyka]

@Grant Willis oh no, not really, it's more down to the fairly broken student loan/bursary systems we have here. Woe betide if you if your parents fall into the wrong salary band. Not low enough for grants, not high enough to be able to independently support you. Brexit's not an issue at all.

[@barbaricvm0]

I wish you did a video like this on Slavs from their earliest point in history.

[@SkurtavusGrodolfus]

Kings and Generals Invicta Historia Civilis The Holy Trinity of History-channels.

[@retregratotherversrsentre7727]

+Skurtavus Grodolfus *Sad Epimetheus noises*

[@SkurtavusGrodolfus]

@@retregratotherversrsentre7727 Ahhh man Epimetheus is fantastic, totally forgot about him. Poor sod :(

[@liveforever141]

do not forget bazbattles :)

[@franciscomm7675]

@@liveforever141 and history marche, history matters and history time

[@danieltsiprun8080]

You just created a comment thread where people are going to drop thier favorite history channels, and then arhue with other people about other history channels.

[@adanakebab2525]

Tengri believers only respect to all presences. Their believes 1 god. It's On the sky.

[@MasterOfWarLordOfPeace]

aptal :D Tengri inancı panteistiktir.

[@ramsay9788]

Greetings from Turkey Kings and Generals 🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷 great video as usual!

[@alpsvn2926]

@@HeyZenci Kısaca hunların orta asya 'dan geldiğini belirtmiş . Türkler ve Moğollar ile bağlantısını ortaya koymuş her ne kadar direkt olarak bahsetmiş olmasa da .

[@tarikyildirim6120]

@@alpsvn2926 sen onu mu anladın videodan

[@alpsvn2926]

@@tarikyildirim6120 arkadaşın merak ettiği sorunun Hunlar ve Türkler arasında bir bağlantı kurulmuş mudur sorusu olduğu tahmininde bulunarak kısaca cevapladım ;) . Yoksa geniş bir özete pek çok kişi gibi zamanım yok . Meselemiz birbirimizin açıklarını aramak olmadığında daha ileri seviye de olacağımıza inanıyorum iyi akşamlar .

[@s-z-l-z]

@王中孚 lmao

[@ramsay9788]

We came to west, leave your girls free, don't worry.

[@ElacTeubusht]

The Origin of the Huns Turco-Mongol Altaic Tribe. Attila Grand son of the Modu Chanu(Mete Yabgu)

[@sbernesy3977]

Turco-Mongolo-Hungariano-Bulgarian

[@ilkeremrekoc2019]

@@sbernesy3977 And one Turco-Mongolo-Hungariano-Bulgariano-Sino-Japano-Englando-Franko-Braziliano-Egypto-Americano Espresso for me please

[@vonclausewitz8558]

There are 6 centuries between Mete Khan and Attila. Both great leaders and scourge of empires.

[@sertankay86]

@@vonclausewitz8558 actualy hes name is Mao-tun(probably Baghadur which mean courage/soldier/hero) we translated hes name Chinese sound and call him Mete.

[@vonclausewitz8558]

Sertan Kay evet biliyorum :) ama son of Modu Khan demiş, değil. Edit: grandi görmemişim o zaman problem yok, haklıdır :)

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

The Mongols are the exce... Wait...

[@hansbass8119]

They WERE the mongol (proto mongol, but close nuf)

[@alexanderthegreat445]

Wrong one

[@ahmetkayrayavuz9527]

Turks are white nation but mongols are yellow .Turks are brekisefal but Mongols are dolikosefal. We have similar mythology and culture

[@terrificsoprano5025]

Not Mongols, mostly Turkic tribes. Xianbei people were Mongol and they destroyed Huns.

[@yigithatunoglu3293]

@@terrificsoprano5025 hell yeah

[@brokenbridge6316]

Impressively informative video. I just learned aspects of the Huns I didn't know about at all. I loved it. Whoever made this video a reality. Great job. You really impressed me in this video.

[@quattrosaltiinpadellaconbu7143]

can you make please an episode about Matilda of Canossa, and one about ancient Ligurians? there are two intresting stories that often people don't know. All your videos are amazing! Thank you so much!

[@Dorya9]

Quattro salti in padella? Ma ora vado a comprare delle patate saporite.

[@quattrosaltiinpadellaconbu7143]

@bigbrain457 Matilda of Canossa was the last member of the noble house of Canossa of Tuscany, she was (not officialy but on fact) the queen of north Italy at the beginning of the XI century. Her life it's intresting because it's similar to the story of Sansa Stark from Game of Thrones (and for coincidence she also phisically resembled her for the informations that we have today), her life when she was a child was happy and wealthy, this end when her father is killed in a cospiracy, and all her brothers die for various reasons (for the most part ilness); she was obliged to marry a man she didn't love. After the death of this she become with a diplomacy alliance with the pope the vice-queen of Italy and in exchange she promised tto defend him from the political and militar intrusion of the emperor of the holy roman empire. She have defeated two emperors in battle for twenty years commanding personally the army, and one time humbled the emperor making him kneel for three days in front of her castle. Ancient Ligurians were the most ancient italic population, they lived in the actual region of Liguria and in southern France and south Piedmont. They origins are mysterious because they didn't know writing. They story it's intresting because even if they were an italic population they were similar to the celts (physically and culturally) for they influence in north Italy, on fact on 700 B.C circa the Celts arrived on this region and teached the lavuration of metals to ligurians, on fact the helms of the ligurian warriors are similars to the celts countreparts. Ligurians fighted also like mercenaries for other nations, in particular for Carthagine: the royal guards of Annibal it was composed by ligurians, moreover during punic wars ligurians tribes were allied of him. They were the last italic population conquered by Romans. Excuse me for bad writing, english it's not my mother tongue and i'm dysgrapic

[@quattrosaltiinpadellaconbu7143]

@@Dorya9 mi raccomando invita Buster Keaton sennò si offende! ;)

[@agrippina1411]

@@quattrosaltiinpadellaconbu7143 This is an amazing part of history that I didn't know of! Thanks for sharing. Hope Kings & Generals will make a video on her life in the future.

[@quattrosaltiinpadellaconbu7143]

@@agrippina1411 thanks to you! it's awesome sharing real little known stories of own countries with people from all aroung the world! ;)

[@jackyking4971]

*Hun* means "person" in Mongolian | *Humuus* = "people" (plural) *Hunnu* = first mongolian (and turkic) empire known as Xiongnu *Humun* = "human" *Huu* = "boy & son" *Huuhed* = "child" *Huuhen* = "lady & woman" *Huch* = "power"

[@omayah]

Jacky King hummus is a delicious Mediterranean dish thats the hummus i know

[@centralasia186]

Hun is barbar from chinese language

[@biliminsrlar5752]

First Hun Emperor was Teoman but he married a Chinese princes which triggered his son Mete Han/Oghuz Khan and he made the 10x system army with archers and then killed his father and stopped the Chiense infulence.

[@hattusilli2225]

In what language

[@deanlaudon5563]

The only Hummus i know belongs in a pita inside my belly.

[@JYTheAviator]

Every time Turkic people: let’s raid China “China retaliates” “Turks fled west” The West: ah shit, here we go again

[@valt8025]

huns are not proven to be turkic and they were more likely yeniseian.turkic mix

[@_berat.ugur_3089]

@@valt8025 central asia so turkic

[@JYTheAviator]

@@_berat.ugur_3089 hard to say modern day Turkish and Kazakhs do not looked the same

[@_berat.ugur_3089]

@@JYTheAviator LOOK OF COURSE DİFFERNET! OGUZ TURKS ( SO WE ) GO IRAN OLD TİME. AND MİXED SOME.

[@JYTheAviator]

@@Atilla963 genetically modern turkish are closer to greeks and armenians tho.....

[@sapphyrus]

Conan: [chuckles] Crom laughs at your four winds. He laughs from his mountain. Subotai: My god is stronger. He is the everlasting sky! Your god lives underneath him.

[@jonathanduplantis1403]

My favourite movie

[@jonathanduplantis1403]

I pray to the four winds

[@AF-tv6uf]

@@jonathanduplantis1403 I don't get people who don't like this movie.

[@_berat.ugur_3089]

SUBUTAİ İS TUVAN TURKİC. :)

[@BB-vf8wl]

Today still there are so many people in Hungary and Turkey who have Attila's name.

[@zuzudernegger9721]

Yet none of them are related to Attila or the Huns!

[@davidbence485]

In Hungary the name was introduced in the 19th century by orientalist fashions. In Turkey the name was introduced in the 1930's by the turkish reform. So originally neither of these countries had that name.

[@kemalsurmeli7722]

@@davidbence485 wrong atilla is a name used in turkey for thausends of years the huns where turks

[@zuzudernegger9721]

@@davidbence485 Attila the Hun was of the Dulo clan. The Dulo clans later created Magna Bulgaria, then Danube Bulgaria, then Volga Bulgaria, some say that also the Chuvash and the Balkarians are heirs but I don't know if they are really descended of the Dulo clan, a tribe led by a member of the Dulo clan Alcek also migrated and settled in Southern Italy.

[@flak8855]

@@kemalsurmeli7722 Turkey is barely 100 years into existence, even ottoman empire started around 500 years ago.

[@historicaladventurevideos]

Yes! I just got home and I was desperate to watch some good history right now. You just uploaded a video :)

[@J4NES3]

Just some interesting thing: Tengri is the god of the big blue sky, in hungary we still use something similar to this word, but not for the sky but for the sea, in hungarian it is "tenger". Btw the sky in hungarian is "ég" or "égbolt"

[@memooo4587]

@@user-rj9wj8vd4s in Turkey we used the term Tanri (Tengri) for God.

[@merrick6484]

Well, key in "Tengri Heaven", and you will find a song related to your ancestry. And enjoy it.

[@emooo784]

Tengri means god in Turkish also we said it as Tanrı. In Gok Tengri, Gokk means sky. Also write as Khukh/Gok/Gök Tengri. Gok Turks come from this.

[@jtshek8217]

Yes, and a king of Huns, called Dengisik, it means the sea, from Turkic language.

[@davaadalaiayush3130]

Tengri is meaning sky. We called Tenger (ТЭНГЭР).

[@salih5446]

7:00 isnt this the turcic legend Ergenekon

[@monokotilbitki2878]

Aynen knk o

[@DeadManRising36]

I think so

[@baconsans431]

Abulghazi Bahadur, khan of the Khanate of Khiva (1643-63), told of the Ergenekon Mongolian creation myth in his work, 17th-century "Shajara-i Turk" (Genealogy of the Turks). So it is Mongolian legend.

[@blackfrost3581]

@@focusontheargument genetically? This is a misconception about Turkey turks. Turkey turks are, genetically, mix of central asian turkic people and native anatolians like hittites, greek and armenian genes are lower than people believe so. Even if it wasn't not all turkic people are from turkey you dumbass

[@miraith_2341]

@@focusontheargument bro even in one generation outer-looks can change a lot

[@hormpir3648]

I love the Total War: Attila music in the background

[@_berat.ugur_3089]

D: turk power!

[@nurithegolden5755]

YES I ASKED FOR THIS SINCE 2017. That’s how long i’ve been watching your awesome channel 😂. THANK YOU! I’m from Kazakhstan btw (:

[@khanasparukh2132]

Hello, you are another of our cousins :)

[@nurithegolden5755]

@@khanasparukh2132 Where are you from?

[@khanasparukh2132]

@@nurithegolden5755 Bulgaria

[@nurithegolden5755]

@@khanasparukh2132 Attila came from Euroasia (Kazakhstan) and his son made Hun Bulgari which connects us :)

[@khanasparukh2132]

@@nurithegolden5755 true, I send you my regards

[@carloswater7]

Long time ago my teacher said, that the Hans originated from Mongolia. Later I was taught they originated from China. Recently I heard probably they originated probably from Kazakhstan. So it is unclear where they originated from. Man, sucks to have lost chapters in history.

[@kbodo65]

The funny thing is, all was right! The Hun population originally find in Carpathian basin, (60% of modern Hungarian man population) genetically match with a 40 thousands years old archaeological evidence. Than smaller or bigger groups of people left the Carpathian basin goes around far away, until China, their writing influenced the Sumerians as well. Some of them came back to the ancient home in central Europe (because the homeland was attacked) but possibly a lot left all over Eurasia. We (huns) are findable behind every doors 😉

[@NikeBG]

As the video said, the Huns (and most other tribal confederations, especially in the steppes) weren't one monolithic, never-changing group of people that could have only one point of origin. From the Xiongnu to the European Huns, they had different stages in their history and along their journey west, they met and mixed with various people. Thus, there were gradual changes, hence why the video even implies the European Huns might have simply picked the Xiongnu's name without being directly related to them (like the European Avars later did, without being related to the original Avars). Likewise, a similar thing can be said about all Eurasian nations - f.e. the Brits - even if we ignore the Normans and Anglo-Saxons, the earlier Celts also didn't originate there, but came from the mainland. Andd before that they came from the Proto-Indo-Europeans (from the Pontic steppes, incidentally or not). And the PIE people came from somewhere else - a path which could be traced back to the Middle East, then North Africa, then Sub-Saharan Eastern Africa, from where eventually all of us originated, it seems. Unless we go even further back the tree of biological evolution, of course.

[@RandomGuy-df1oy]

@@NikeBG I dont think they wanted to take the name "Xiongnu". It was also a tribal confederation. It doesn't give them legitimacy. Its obvious that the Huns come from the Western Xiongnu as the White Huns.

[@ghanvedsingh8946]

Yes you are right here in India white Huns invaded our nation and the incident is recorded in the corrupted form which is called Mahabharata it means they were exiled relatives of us only and we know that mankind s evolution started in Africa and we all human beings are migrated from there due to differences in their behaviour and food shortage at a place had to go through fight for survival hence migrated to different places on earth and beliefs became relegions which is the main reason of clashes in this world and still going on in the form of trade practices and investment proposals a new form which is China's BRI also a new type of colonialism

[@muhammadmunim4530]

@@ghanvedsingh8946 you are wrong mahabharat was in way early wheras huns are in the time of gupta empire they attacked india from central asia and control most of the north west right now pakistan and some north of india

[@bycio]

May the spirit of ATTİLA, the high ancestor of the Turks, be praised I'm a turk, great tengri Protect the Turks

[@mutton9622]

The Tengri Khan from China will protect you. Go to Wikipedia and search “Tengri Khan/ Khan of heaven”.

[@behruz5231]

@@mutton9622 beacuse everything on wiki is %100 true

[@mutton9622]

@@behruz5231 nahhh, i just provide a source. just it. Gokturks used to call Chinese emperor "tengri khan" or "khan of heaven". aka"天可汗"。

[@digitalboy4415]

Turks who believed in ALLAH defeated the Turks-Mongols who believed in Tengri and stayed in power for almost 800 years by the grace of ALLAH.

[@pablocejas01]

@@digitalboy4415 yes of course that’s why. Such a dumb statement.

[@deeipomar2366]

So, in a way the mighty Roman empire fell because of a cow 🤔

[@rubendebien5557]

you clearly haven't been paying attention... it might also have been a deer

[@RomanHistoryFan476AD]

By the time the Huns where at Rome's doors, The Empire was already broken and a mere shadow of it's former power now, having to ally up to create even a standard size army to fight, having to pay people to keep them from raiding rather than though sheer fear of there power, the two Roman Empire's of the 5 century AD where just a fraction of Rome's old power without the Roman fighting spirit. to be honest since the smash up of 376 ad by the Goths the Romans never where same even when they did get back on there feet for a little while they where never the same again. no longer able to absorb crushing losses and keep rolling like back in the days of Scipio and Caesar or Trajan. The eastern Empire did regain some of that fight and spirit back near the end of the 5 century and in the sixth Century made a good attempt of regaining past glory and retook Italy up to Rome for a while and North Africa.

[@WaterShowsProd]

Mrs. O'Leary strikes again!

[@alvintheng8501]

Roman Empire grew too big, and do not have the armies to support it. In the end, they resort to axillary troops from the Roman border and bride their foe with gold and goods. Attila attack the Roman came much later as Roman have been bribing the Huns for almost 3 decades, believing the nomad will collapse itself because of infighting, as the case for Alan, Germanic tribes and the goths.

[@spyridon3089]

@@RomanHistoryFan476AD the taking back of italy, North-africa Weakend the empire and Made the Loss of the Balkans to the slavs possible.....

[@Asterlibra]

I'm so impressed by your art style and presentation! Thank you very much!

[@MisterTipp]

What a great explanation of how the Xiongnu "became" the huns. It's reminiscent of how the Germanic people who migrated into the Roman Empire.

[@altinbey5831]

Butun Turk dunyosiga salomlar, biz bir ajdod dan kelganmiz

[@tasbykekerey1203]

Altin Bey Qazaqstannan Turk bauyrlarğa Salem 🤘🏼🦅🇰🇿♥️🇹🇷🐺🤘🏼

[@altinbey5831]

@Donat Rahmat, ammo mani profil rasmi Turkiston bayrog'i :)

[@kubat552]

​@@altinbey5831 Basmachi movement flag

[@rezaa2173]

62🤙🏻🇹🇷🤣aleyküm selam

[@altinbey5831]

@@kubat552 you already know brother ;)

[@LM-pd6wj]

the teory behind this video is the teory of Hyun Jin Kim! Excelent video!

[@BrbZrk_2]

The Huns were Turkic. How you call them doesnt matter. THE GREAT Nomads in Central Asia. Turks Huns, part Mongols, later Bulgars, And dozens of Turkic countries.

[@AngryHistorian87]

Very cool and informative video. I was especially fascinated by the Huns' religious beliefs.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks!

[@yanistefanov7831]

Bulgars have amazing ancestry, sadly politics nowadays fail to show it and spread it. Thankfully there's people like you! Love from Bulgaria. And love to all the ancestors of the steppe people. We can only be proud!

[@NubiansNapata]

Huns were east asians

[@yanistefanov7831]

@@NubiansNapata I would refer you to the Nominalia of the Bulgarian khan's. I am well aware Bulgarians now are not what huns are since we are so mixed now we were even then that's precisely the meaning of the word bulgar. they spoke Mixed. It refers to the mixture of tribes in the steppe but we also had thracians and slavs in Bulgaria, not to mention it's 2021 so nobody is 100% anything. Look at Hungary for instance they are steppe people too.

[@mustafa6363.]

@@yanistefanov7831 huns made a group out of kipchak-oghuz turks and old bulgarians were turks too but today bulgariaans are more slavic

[@Toktobay987]

@@yanistefanov7831 proto bulgarians are turkic

[@yanistefanov7831]

@@Toktobay987 The Huns and Bulgars spoke closely related languages different from others “barbarian” languages. The relations between the language of Bulgars and Huns were studied by Harvard professor Pritsak in his notable work "The Hunnic Language of the Attila Clan" (1982).He termed the language of Bulgars as Hunno-Bulgarian. Pritsak analyzed the 33 survived Hunnic personal names and concluded that the language of the Bulgars was Hunnic language

[@alansalas1880]

It is just me or the video kinda ended abruptly? Nice video anyways.

[@MicaelSG23]

"germano-huns". That's the most terrifying group of ancient warlords I could think of.

[@DCMarvelMultiverse]

Archaeologists reconstructed a Hun skull and showed they altered their skull shapes when young into oval shapes.

[@scourgeofgodattila579]

In the Byzantine sources, the Seljuks were called as hun when they first came and seljuks are turkic

[@scourgeofgodattila579]

@Noah Pritchett / The handsome apologist no hun were turkic

[@Lipton3373]

@@scourgeofgodattila579 That has zero meaning

[@yumani_]

@The Celtic Apologist thats dumb

[@barca8341]

@@Lipton3373 It does but you just don't want to see it.

[@mobiggcro]

Very interesting , Learned allot and the art was beautiful !

[@rostislavsvoboda7013]

The geography is awful. The map is completely missing Carpathian Mountains.

[@awesomeawesome9773]

The Hun empire was Turkic, Hungarian historians say this. Many people in Turkey using the name Atilla. Turks consider Atilla one of their ancestors.

[@sonson4548]

yeh but many Hungarians said they were the decedants of the Magyars, and the Magyars also were the Turkish origines

[@_berat.ugur_3089]

@S SoHeeloe HOW DO YOU KNOW ?! I KNOW A LOT OF HISTORY!

[@_berat.ugur_3089]

@Poop Poop MONGOL HİSTORY START İN 1200 NEVER MONGOL! THİS İS TURK!

[@namechangesallowedeveryd-hm7ix]

The romans: the huns cannot defeat us! Atilla: *Im gonna do what's called a pro gamer move*

[@TheDirtysouthfan]

The Huns did a fair amount of damage, but even Attila was defeated a few times by the Romans. The Huns entered Northern Italy, but then left after a talk with the Pope. They never even got near Rome, unlike the Visigoths and Vandals who had previously ransacked through the empire who both sacked Rome and established long lived kingdoms on Roman territory that would exist for a few more centuries.

[@Potatoman1578]

@@TheDirtysouthfan those same group of people fled from their homeland because of huns

[@derusername7218]

thx so much for working so hard and for publishing this for free

[@nodosa994]

ahh damn, now i have to play Atilla Total War now.

[@tunnar79]

@@lewisw3436 That's a bitch of a task,unless you play a faction from the opposite side of the map.

[@d0kana520]

"Enemy general is dead" "This is your day"

[@hellcat7028]

@@d0kana520 😅😅

[@og4413]

Everybody who plays total war Attila hates the shit out of the huns

[@yinongxu9355]

It is interesting that many of these can be found in a Chinese junior high school's textbook. Since the war between the Han Empire and the Xiongnu is taught and Huns and the kingdom of Hungary were also introduced by the textbook.

[@yinongxu9355]

Also, from our knowledge, the Huns do drink milk: the horse milk in the form of kumis. And they didn't wear wool cloths, instead, fur was the major clothes of choice, the wool usually used as tent's insulation material. They did not have wide access to iron tools and relies on trade with Han Empires, which their hit and run tactics were not enough to cover their inferior weapons and armours.

[@huseyinylmaz3030]

What your books say about us Turks and Mongols ?

[@JYTheAviator]

@@huseyinylmaz3030 idk books in turkey said u guys built the pyramid

[@davidbence485]

Kingdom of Hungary was not a Hun kingdom.

[@davidbence485]

@Alex Y Oh, my bad... 😅 I almost forgot, celts and finns were also turks.

[@TheMuslimBatman]

I fucking love this channel, I will always support your work ❤️

[@molo5455]

Recently, Turkey is saying we are incestors of Huns. Actually, they are not! Examples of incestors of Huns are Mongols, Kazakhs, Kyrgiz. Turkish people are actually mixture of Persians and Greeks, they proved it by a genetic study by themselves. The thig is that, there were two main nations in Huns, which are Mongols and Turegs. The word Tureg sounds similar to Turkey, Turkey just uses this to have an ancient history. Turegs are Kazakhs, Kyrgizs and Uyghurs.

[@NubiansNapata]

Finally a realistic turk... We also have the Hun DNA.. it is Asian

[@hardcoreblackpilled8699]

Today Turkish people are average 10% East eurasian which makes them at least 40%Hun since huns had only 25% East eurasian

[@atkatk9355]

Turks have 15%-%25 proto turkic genetic heritage

[@Jihhhft4]

당연 한국이지, 한국의 고구려, Goguryeo 몽골과 키르키즈 카자흐. 한국을 HAN이라고 하는거 몰라? HAN=KHAN

[@Adil_Turysbek_TVRC]

Man, why are you racist towards Turks, just because they look european? I am Kazakh and many Kazakhs have married to ukrainian, russian, german women. Their kids have often european look. Does it make them non-kazakhs? Of course not. They are as much as Kazakhs as myself. Racism is non-existent in steppe nomadic communities.

[@joseacosta8742]

Can't wait for your Schythians episode.

[@Yarenoglu]

Xiongnu is not supposed to be read as "shionnu" its pronunciation is "khiunnu" and it comes from the Chinese interpretation of the Proto-Turkic/Proto-Mongol language (Turkic and Mongol come from the same ancestral language) And originally it was pronounced "Khunnu/Hunnu" in the Hunnic language. "Hun" (title like Atilla the Hun, also "Han" in Turkish) were leaders of one clan of people, and "Hunates" (Hanlık in Turkish) was equivalent to a "state" in the west, it was made of one group of ethnic people. "Khan" (Kağan in Turkish) was the leader of multiple ethnic groups and had a status like an emperor (Genghis Khan was basically level 50 mob boss), and "Khaganate" (Kağanlık in Turkish) was the equivalent of an empire in the west, where it included many ethnic tribes uniting under one banner. Attila's "Huns" were one people, not a confederacy made from multiple ethnic groups, otherwise, they would have been a "Khanate" and Attila's title would have been "Attila the Khan" In modern Turkish, you would say "Hunlu" (Hun-lu. N turned into L) literally means "from Hun". Even today, to say a person is from somewhere we use terms like "Istanbullu" (istanbul-lu : from Istanbul) "Trabzonlu" (Trabzon-lu : From Trabzon) etc. When you say Xiongnu (Hunnu) the "nu" part indicates that's where the people belong to, a literal translation of Xiongnu in English would be "Hunnic". So the language connection between Xiongnu and Hun is actually stronger than one might think just by looking at them at first glance. ALSO A SIDE NOTE: In Turkish, we call Xiongnu: The Great Hun Empire Attila's Huns: European Hun Empire Hephthalites: White Hun Empire

[@maximus3160]

Wrong

[@afasdfas]

I agree about the common ancestors between Turks And Mongols. Just want to clarify the word Hunnu. Hunnu literally translates as People from Mongolian. And hun translates as Human

[@Yarenoglu]

@@afasdfas Yes, also, Tengri (the common ancestral religion of Mongols and Turks) means the creator/god, and Türk, or in its original form ''Türük'' comes from the word Türemek/Türeyen (in modern Turkish) and it loosely translates to "the created" or "the creation" (it's like being sprung up like a mushroom, spreading and expanding). Some historians claim that Türük meant "strong" in an ancient language but I have not found any evidence for that.

[@yllbardh]

so that's why they say that *when a butterfly flaps with wings in Beijing it probably rains in Paris* according to _trickle down effect_ one could say that chin expansion led to fall of roman empire

[@mokkaveli]

Great video mate. Absolutely filled with information that is useful for research

[@sathyasayesh9914]

@Kings and Generals pls do a video about the Hun invasions into India as well. The Guptas had been keeping them on the bay until the Guptas collapsed and the Huns swept India. It took a coalition of Kings to finally drive them out.

[@Demoo7747]

Age of empires : The Huns don't need houses.

[@hater9117]

god I wish we knew more about the scythians

[@ghanvedsingh8946]

They were the most probably decendents of hettites

[@archer1949]

Hater 9/11 A Persian/Mede tribe.

[@OwnTrick]

@@aydnmesuttorun8397 They were classified as saka which are eastern iranian tribe with similar language to other iranian tribes. They are not unknown because we literally have records of them and information with evidence in iran and even abroad by many scholars, hell even the greeks recorded them with their culture, language and ethnicity. Even arabs have information about them.

[@OwnTrick]

@@aydnmesuttorun8397 Well, scholars argue about scythians and other eastern iranians having different culture than the mainland but the language is mostly farsi influenced just like kurdish, tajik and pashto are understandable to a common farsi speaker. Dont get me wrong friend, there are words and meanings that are different in these languages than farsi but mainly understandable for eachother, for example cyrus the great wrote letters to the scythians proposing tumyris in persian, the scythians were nomadic and could understand their own language only, thats how the greeks communicated with them during alexander's era and recorded them as saka tribe.

[@OwnTrick]

@@mustafaziyaakgul3331 Can you understand turkic kurgan yourself? As in can you read it? Ofcourse not, thats archeologists job. The only thing turkish want is to be legitimate as of now, thats why you see turks trying to claim ancient civilisation such as the huns, scythians and hettites, to claim roots in anatolia and east asian land as originally theirs. I mean, nobody can accept having raped mothers and blood thirsty fathers right?