Proper noun
Huns- :Attila was definitely my favorite of the Huns.
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- 1.Huns - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- The Huns were a group of nomadic pastoral people who, appearing from beyond the ... The Huns may have stimulated the Great Migration, a contributing factor in the ...
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H
uns
- 2.Hun: Definition from Answers.com
- Hun n. A member of a nomadic pastoralist people who invaded Europe in the ... The reputation of the Huns as a warlike people is due to perceptions of their ...
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In what ways did the culture In what ways did the culture
of the Huns differ from that
of the Romans?
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the romans were literate |
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Why were the Germans referred If my history is correct, I
thought he Huns were more from
the east, almost Asia in
historical context. I do know
the Huns settled in Germany,
but they were a people from
long ago. My question is, why
refer to the Germans as the
Huns during WWI? That'd be
like calling the Italians the
Romans during WWII? Anyone
good in history shed some
light on this? Maybe my
history isn't so great?
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Its based on a silly anecdote. In 1901, there was a wave of anti-Western violence in China collectively called "The Boxer Rebellion". In Peking (Beijing), the western embassies were besieged by the Boxers and latter the imperial Chinese army for 99 days. The main western powers (USA, Japan, UK, Germany, Italy, Russia, and France) put together an international military force to put down the rebellion and relieve Peking. Kaiser Wilhelm II, in order his men to join the expedition, told his men to "fight like Huns" or "Act like Huns"; not quite sure on the exact wording. The French, hating the Germans them more than they ever did at any time in their history, started calling the Germans the Bosch (French for Huns) as an insult. When the War started, the Brits and Belgians started doing the same. In addition to their bloodthirsty reputations, the Huns were considered by many to have brought down Western Civilization in Roman times. This was designed to frame the Germans as another threat to Western Civilization from beyond the Rhine. Actually, while the Huns weakened the Romans, it was the German tribes that really destroyed Western Civilization so there is an odd logic to it. |
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any good source on the warfare That is like...
How the Goths used lances and
refused the bow. Why did the
Huns succeed?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G othic_and_Vandal_warfare (scroll down to the end to see the notes and bibliography) http://encyclopedia.thefreedic tionary.com/Gothic+and+Vandal+ warfare (looks like same info as Wikipedia, but not 100% sure) It looks like you might also find information by conducting a search for early Germanic warfare. |
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