Huns: The Origin

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"germano-huns" Literally the worst nightmares of Rome had a child.

I loved the description the first Roman generals conveyed to Caesar. " They are thick of body, with cold dark eyes. They do everything on horseback. Their arrows pierce our armor like they are made of straw. They will kill their own who decide to retreat. Their horses have great stamina, like the savages who ride them. This is a threat like no other"

Attila's fathers name is Mundjuk which means Pearl in Turkic languages.

>worship a god of war >prey to their weapons Huns were real life space marines.

The huns are mentioned in Old Norse litterature showing theres was contact between the peoples. Edit: The source is a viking poem called Atlakviða. It is about the hunic king Attila. Very interesting read.

Their exile into the altai mountains seems so similar to the Ergenekon Legend of the Göktürks.

I see there are some discussions in comments regarding the Hunnic language and its connection to Turkic languages. Yes as the video said the empire itself is multiethnic and multilinguistic. However, the ruling family's language was oghur Turkic. Here is a section I am copying from a book about huns (the name of the book is at the end): " Turkic etymologies for the names of many of the other Hunnic kings and nobles before and after Attila, e.g. Mundzuk100 (Attila’s father, from Turkic Munčuq = ‘pearl/jewel’), Oktar/Uptar (Attila’s uncle, Öktär = ‘brave/powerful’), Oebarsius (another of Attila’s paternal uncles, Aïbârs = ‘leopard of the moon’), Karaton (Hunnic supreme king before Ruga, Qarâton = ‘blackcloak’), Basik (Hunnic noble of royal blood, early fifth century, Bârsiğ =‘governor’), Kursik (Hunnic noble of royal blood, from either Ku¨ rsiğ, meaning ‘brave or noble’, or Quršiq meaning ‘belt-bearer’).101 All three of Attila’s known sons have probable Turkic names: Ellac, Dengizich, Hernak, and Attila’s principal wife, the mother of the first son Ellac, has the Turkic name Herekan, as does another wife named Eskam (Ešqam = ‘companion of the Shaman’). It seems highly likely then from the names that we do know, most of which seem to be Turkic, that the Hunnic elite was predominantly Turkic speaking. However, in the western half of the empire, where most of their subjects spoke Germanic languages, the Huns may have used both Hunnic (Oghuric Turkic) and Gothic." Book - The Huns, Rome and the Birth of Europe by Hyun Jin Kim

Impressively informative video. I just learned aspects of the Huns I didn't know about at all. I loved it. Whoever made this video a reality. Great job. You really impressed me in this video.

I hear those Hunic warriors have curved swords. Curved. Swords.

I can only imagine how hard life must have been for the Huns, imagine being hungover on horseback all the time

The word "HU" in Mongolian means Human, and "Hunnic Empire" meant "Human Empire". And when somebody asks what is your origin? We would say "Hunnu". It is an ancient Mongolian word for "Human". Both "Turks and the Mongols" refer their ancestors to the "Huns" or the "Hunnu". The Hunnic people didn't care about race etc bcse it was not important for them or something that troubled them. So they would mix with others easily along the campaigns.

Attila was one of the greatest rulers and commanders at that time. Love from Sri Lanka. We always appreciate your hard work and dedication towards these videos.

3rd and 4th century politics be like: "I'm a Gotho-Gepid with Hunnic characteristics"

I know it's been said a lot, but I really love the art in your recent videos. It's wonderfully detailed and the colors are so vibrant. The sound effects are also fantastic. I had my earphones in when I watched this and it felt like I was suddenly in a swamp/marsh in the middle of the night when I reached the 3:18 mark :D

Great video mate. Absolutely filled with information that is useful for research

I'm so impressed by your art style and presentation! Thank you very much!

Thanks for this masterpiece video. Hello from Kazakhstan!

Ah the good old Bleda and Attila, the nostalgia of AoE 2 is too much.

Huns believed in Tengri, the sky god.