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From The Columbia Encyclopedia
nomadic and pastoral people of unknown ethnological affinities who appeared in Europe in the 4th cent. A.D. , and built up an empire there. They were organized in a predominantly military manner. Divided into hordes, they undertook extensive independent campaigns, living off the countries they ravaged. The Huns have been described as short and of somewhat Mongolian appearance. Their military superiority was due to their small, rapid horses, on which they practically lived, even eating and negotiating treaties on horseback. Despite the similarity of their tactics and habits with those of the White Huns, the Magyars, the Mongols , and the Turks, their connection with those peoples is either tenuous or—in the case of the Magyars and the Turks—unfounded. The Huns first appeared in Europe c. A.D. 372, when they invaded the lower Volga valley. Some scholars have associated them with Hsiung-nu (as the Chinese called them). In the 3d cent. B.C. part of the Great Wall of China was erected to…
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From Cassell's Peoples, Nations and Cultures Full text Article Europe
A Turkic nomadic-pastoralist people (see TURKS ) who originated from the steppes of Central Asia. During the 4th and 5th centuries AD , they built an impressive, but shortlived, European empire. The Huns were probably descended from the XIONGNU , who lived on the Mongolian steppes and migrated…
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Also known as: Hsiung-nu; Hunni; Runs; Xiongnu The White Huns were steppe nomads who grew to power in Central Asia, China (where they were called Xiongnu (Hsiung-nu), and northern India during the fourth and fifth centuries CE . Different from the Huns organized under Attila, the White Huns were…
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Full text Article Huns

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
nomadic and pastoral people of unknown ethnological affinities who appeared in Europe in the 4th cent. A.D. , and built up an empire there. They were organized in a predominantly military manner. Divided into hordes, they undertook extensive independent campaigns, living off the countries they…
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From Encyclopedia of Warrior Peoples & Fighting Groups Full text Article ENTRIES
An Asiatic population that devastated Europe in the fifth century CE. The Huns were one of the myriad of tribes that rode out of central Asia, but little can be determined of their origin. Probably they were the Huing-nu, who failed in wars against the Chinese during the late second century bce and…
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From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
Any member of a nomadic pastoralist people who invaded southeastern Europe c. ad 370. Appearing from central Asia after the mid-4th century, they first overran the Alani, who occupied the plains between the Volga and Don rivers, and then overthrew the Ostrogoth s living between the Don and Dniester…
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From Encyclopedia of Ancient Rome
The most famous and most feared of all of the barbarian hordes to ravage the Roman Empire. Known originally as the Hsiung-nu, the Huns developed as a disjointed confederation in Central Asia. In the third century B.C.E. they were already nomadic and on the move into China. The Great Wall was erected…
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The Huns are one of a myriad of tribes who rode out of central Asia, but little can be determined of their origin. Probably they were the Huing-nu, who failed in wars against the Chinese and turned (or were forced) westward. Occasional early sources opine that they were the Nebroi mentioned by…
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From Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
An uncivilized brute, from the ‘barbarian’ people the Huns, who invaded the East Roman Empire in the 4th and 5th centuries. In the First World War it became a colloquial name for the Germans. Ironically, it was a speech by Wilhelm II that promoted the latter sense. At Bremerhaven on 27 July 1900 the…
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From Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase and Fable
An uncivilized brute, from the barbarian tribe of Huns who invaded the East Roman Empire in the 4th and 5th centuries. In the First World War it became a colloquial name for the Germans. Ironically, it was a speech by Wilhelm II that promoted the latter sense. On 27 July 1900 the German emperor…
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Full text Article Hun Sen

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
(hʊn sĕn), 1952–, Cambodian political leader, premier of Cambodia (1985–93, 1998–; second premier, 1993–98). A member of the Khmer Rouge from 1970, he fled to Vietnam with Heng Samrin and other Communists in 1977. When the Vietnamese army invaded Cambodia, Hun Sen returned, becoming foreign minister…
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