The Huns

[Ironhand]

I agree on many points. There are many sources linking the Huns with the Hsiung-Nu, but I haven't seen any where it was more than idle speculation and with no evidence supporting this. The theory itself was not very good either. Basically the Hsiung-Nu are a Hun-like culture from China that disappeared. It would not surprise me if some Hsiung-Nu blood is circulated throughout the steppes, but the theory is not sound. The steppes were populated long before the disappearance of the Hsiung-Nu. The Huns were a coalition of sorts between various tribes of the Eastern steppes. The bloodlines of those peoples are a blend to various degrees of Asian and various other cultures. One late emerging source makes no sense. If one went by the theory that the Hsiung-Nu merged with other steppes peoples that is more plausible, but to solely place the origin of the Huns with the Hsiung-Nu is foolish merely based on the fact that the Hsiung-Nu had similarities with other steppes peoples of the time. I seriously wonder whether politics are involved in this as well. The Chinese government has tried to linked themselves with the Mongols in recent years (not necessarily for benevolent reasons) and making a connection with the Huns which the Mongols claim descent gives them that link.