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Meaning of "xiongnu"
Xiongnu is the name of a confederation of nomadic people living beyond the northwest frontier of China in ancient times and known for their military skills and raids on the Chinese Empire
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- An ancient nomadic-based people that formed a state or confederation north of the agriculture-based empire of the Han dynasty.
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Xiongnu soldiers captured thousands of normal people and livestock.
The northern Xiongnu migrated to the west.
Xiongnu civil war.
This ended any hope of peace with Xiongnu.
The Xiongnu had an established hierarchy system.
They were probably a mixture of Xiongnu and other peoples.
The Xiongnu were out of his reach.
To protect the empire against intrusions by the Xiongnu.
A major Xiongnu weakness was the custom of lateral succession.
Gaozu thus enacted a trade embargo against the Xiongnu.
The outraged Xiongnu rode east and defeated them.
May they quench their thirst on the blood of the Xiongnu.
The Xiongnu was the first unified empire of nomadic peoples.
He subsequently killed his father and became ruler of the Xiongnu.
He regarded the Xiongnu as lowly vassals and relations rapidly deteriorated.
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The cauldrons appear to derive from those used by the Xiongnu.
However the Xiongnu came back in winter and took many captives.
The admixture probably continued until the end of the Xiongnu period.
That night several hundred Xiongnu horsemen tried to escape but all were killed.
They advanced into the desert in pursuit of the main force of the Xiongnu.
He emphasized that the Xiongnu were incapable of countering the superior equipment and weaponry.
The emperor thought that the horses were of high importance to fight the Xiongnu.
It appears that the Xiongnu did not defeat the Yuezhi in this first war.
Not satisfied with this they asked for some of the Xiongnu territories.
The Xiongnu did not use a particular item on their horses that the Han did.
The latter does not mention the Xiongnu in its version of the chapter in question.
Han Xin was eventually transferred to the northern frontier to defend it against the Xiongnu.
The wall was designed to stop raids by the Xiongnu raiders from the north.
Some evidence does suggest a political and cultural link between the Huns and the Xiongnu.
There were populations of Xiongnu that have live under the Han rule as military allies.
The tributary system was considerably tightened to keep the southern Xiongnu under Han supervision.
Gradually the Xiongnu grew stronger and war broke out between them and the Yuezhi.
The southern ruler was unable to defeat the northern ruler and the Xiongnu remained divided.
A Xiongnu tomb has been found in Chingeltei district.
The ruler of the Xiongnu was called the Chanyu.
The biggest threat was the Xiongnu.
The Xiongnu were at the height of their power in Mongolia.
Ban realized that North Xiongnu ambassadors must have arrived.
The Xiongnu government claimed that Su had long died.
The Donghu were among the first peoples conquered by the Xiongnu.
The Xiongnu warriors then sacked and nearly totally destroyed Luoyang.
The Yueban emerged after the disintegration of the Xiongnu confederation.
The Xianbei defeated the Xiongnu and they in turn were defeated by the Rouran.
Contemporary Chinese sources identify these same people as the Xiongnu.
The Xiongnu are made confederates and guard the Northern border of the empire.
He deaths in the war between the Han and the Xiongnu.
He won many victories for the Xiongnu and the Wusun became powerful.
One example was the encounter with the Chinese and Xiongnu nomads.
The Xiongnu then established rule in the north under the Han Zhao kingdom.
Chinese sources state that the Jie originated among the Xiongnu.
