There was a tribe in China that once overrode the Xiongnu, but how did it disappear later?

The disappearance and replacement of tribes is inevitable, and no matter how powerful they are, they will gradually decline.

In the course of history, there are always some tribes that will slowly disappear over time.

The tribe may not have had a suitable heir, so it went into decline.

During the Han Dynasty, several attacks were made against the Xiongnu, and the Xiongnu did not fall and fought back repeatedly, but they were almost extinct around 100 AD.

Rise and fall are a common thing, and this tribe may not have a suitable heir, so it has gone into decline.

This ethnic group slowly merged with the Han nationality and disappeared into the long river of history.

It may just be slowly blending and not disappearing, and it is also very normal for the old and the new to alternate.

The rise and fall of tribes is a common thing, and it is normal for the old and the new to alternate.

The Xiongnu, who migrated westward, defeated the kingdom of Alan, east of the Don River, in 374 AD.

According to historical research, some of them went to Europe, and may have gradually become Hungarians today. Some people continued to fight against the Central Plains, and most of them were gradually sinicized, while others settled in the north to integrate with the Mongols and other ethnic groups.

1. Flee to Europe

The Xiongnu were completely defeated by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty during the Han Dynasty, and some of the Xiongnu fled to Europe, because the Xiongnu were nomadic people, did not have their own writing and historical classics, and the fugitives did not want to mention the painful experience in Asia, and gradually settled in Europe, it is said that the current Hungarians are the closest to the Xiongnu in those years.

2. Merge into the Central Plains

Some fled to Europe, while others merged with the Xianbei people, calling themselves Xianbei people. During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, the Southern Xiongnu invaded the Central Plains and established the Southern Zhao and Northern Liang states. Later, the Central Plains were unified, and they gradually merged with the Han people in the Central Plains, also because they did not have their own written and recorded culture, and the Xiongnu nation gradually disappeared and was completely sinicized.

3. Settle in Mongolia

The last part of the Xiongnu remained in the north and merged with the multi-ethnic groups, gradually forming the Mongol, Khitan and Turkic peoples. In today's Mongolia, there are still a considerable number of males with Xiongnu genes.

** of the Huns

There may be at least 5-6 kinds of ** elements within the Xiongnu, including the early Xiongnu who were initially active in the Yinshan area, the semi-agricultural and semi-pastoral tribal groups such as Linhu and Yiqu that were gradually annexed later, the remnants of the Dayue people of the Tocharian lineage, some of the Donghu people, part of the Iranian population who surrendered to the Western Regions, and a large number of pre-Qin immigrants who fled from the Central Plains.

In the 20th century, Soviet archaeologists carried out a large number of excavations on the tombs left by the Xiongnu on the edge of Central Asia and Northeast Asia. This piece of silk fabric is the best proof of the complexity of the Xiongnu. Most of the people in it seem to be dressed similarly and have similar hairstyles, but if you look closely, you can see that there are subtle differences.

In ancient times, this distinction was a symbol of different tribes or groups.

To put it simply, the Xiongnu were originally a confederation of several small tribes that appeared in the Ordos steppe and the Yinshan mountain range. In terms of nomadic culture, they received a large number of Scythian influences from the Black Sea Caucasus.

The place where they themselves are located is the place where the ancient nomadic world must pass through to move east and west, and it is very convenient to learn from others. It was also a key point in the migration of Mongolian-Siberian inhabitants from north to south in ancient times.