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Xiongnu

The Xiongnu (Chinese: 匈奴; ) were a tribal confederation of nomadic peoples who, according to ancient Chinese sources, inhabited the eastern Eurasian Steppe from the 3rd century BC to the late 1st century AD. Modu Chanyu, the supreme leader after 209 BC, founded the Xiongnu Empire.

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Capital
Longcheng
Common languages
various
Demonym
Xiongnu
Government
Tribal confederation
Historical era
Antiquity
Religion
Shamanism, Tengrism, Buddhism

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related to history · 37
Xiongnu → Ancient China, BC, Chinese, Chunwei, Dai, Donghu, During, Edwin Pulleyblank, Even, Even Sima Qian, Grand Historian, Great, Han, Hereditary House, Hu, Hua, Huaxia, In, Lord Xia, Qin
related to Descendants and later states in northern China · 35
Xiongnu → Among, Bomie, Chile, Chinese, Chisha, Chuge, Dalou, Fang Xuanling's Book, Five Divisions, Great Wall, Han Chinese, Hanzhi, Heilang, Helai, Hu, Jin, Koutou, Lijie, Liu, Many
related to Multiple ethnicities · 34
Xiongnu → According, Albert Terrien, Ashina, Avars, Book, Byzantine, Chinese, Constantine VII, De Administrando Imperio, Greco-Roman, Greek, History, Huns, Indeed, Kim, Lacouperie, Magyars, Many, Northern Dynasties, Pingliang
related to Mongolic theories · 33
Xiongnu → According, Additionally, Book, Chinese, Donghu, Dàtán, Khitans, Liang, Mongolian, Mongolic, Mongols, New Book, Nikita Bichurin, Para-Mongolic-speaking, Para-Mongolic-speaking Kumo Xi, Proto-Mongolic Donghu, Rourans, Shiwei, Sima Qian, Sima Qian's
related to Name · 31
Xiongnu → Atwood, BC, Beijing, CE, China, Chinese, Christopher, Eastern Han Chinese, Han, Han Chinese, However, Huns, Hŏna, Hŭna, Late Old Chinese, Mandarin, Mandarin Chinese, Mongolia, Mongolian, Old Chinese
related to External links · 30
Xiongnu → AluchaidengBelt, Central Plains, Chinese, Chinese Historical Sources, Civilizations, Comparative Analysis, Early, Fusion, Headdress, Henan Provincial Museum, Hun, Inner Asia, Joo-Yup, Lee, Material Culture, Medieval Turkic Peoples, Mongolia, Mongolian History, Number, Regard
related to Predecessors · 26
Xiongnu → Ancient Northeast Asian, Archaeologically, BC, During, Genetic, Guifang, Haojing, Mongolia, Qin, Quanrong, Rong, Shanrong, Siwa, Slab Grave, Slab Grave Culture, The, The Quanrong, Thereafter, These, Wei River
related to Turkic theories · 24
Xiongnu → According, Alexander Savelyev, André Wink, Annemarie, Charles Hucker, Choongwon Jeong, Craig Benjamin, Dingling, Eurasian, Evolutionary Human Sciences, Gabain, Gustaf John Ramstedt, However, Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat, Julius Klaproth, Mongols, Other, Parker, The, The Turkic-related
related to Southern Xiongnu and Northern Xiongnu · 23
Xiongnu → AD, At, Bi, Bi's, Chinese, Consequently, Due, Emperor Guangwu, However, Huduershi, Huhanye, In, Modu, Nevertheless, Nán Xiōngnú, Pi, Punu, Punu's, Right, Rizhu King
related to Yeniseian theories · 23
Xiongnu → AD Chinese, Edwin Pulleyblank, For, Hyun Jin Kim, In, Iranian, Jie, Jin Shu, Keightley, Kim, Lajos Ligeti, Mongolic, Paleo-Siberian, Proto-Yeniseian, Pulleybank, Pulleyblank, The Yeniseian, This, Titles, Turkic

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han chinese bc chanyu northern also people dynasty later china liu turkic mongolia xianbei southern western emperor tribes according qin

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XiongnuCapitalLongcheng1.00infobox
XiongnuCommon languagesvarious1.00infobox
XiongnuDemonymXiongnu1.00infobox
XiongnuGovernmentTribal confederation1.00infobox
XiongnuHistorical eraAntiquity1.00infobox
XiongnuReligionShamanism, Tengrism, Buddhism1.00infobox
Xiongnu• 174–161 BCLaoshang1.00infobox
Xiongnu• 209–174 BCModu1.00infobox
Xiongnu• 220–209 BCTouman1.00infobox
Xiongnu• 46 ADWudadihou1.00infobox
Xiongnu• Disestablished2nd century AD1.00infobox
Xiongnu• Established3rd century BC1.00infobox

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