Illustrations of history

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Hattusa, capital of the Hittites, Turkiye, with reconstruction illustration (lemmy.world)

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[–] RoidingOldMan 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Attilla the Hun was around 450 AD too. Not exactly Mongolian, but very similar in the sense of being nomadic horse archers from the steppe.

[–] davepleasebehave 4 points 2 months ago

Scythian maybe?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

They might actually be related. The huns originated from east of the Volga river (so east of the Scythians) and recent research identified genetic links to ancient Mongols