In the 60s, the Northern Xiongnu resumed hostilities as they attempted to expand their influence into the Western Regions and launched raids on the Han borders. In 73, the Han responded by sending Dou Gu and Geng Chong to lead a great expedition against the Northern Xiongnu in …

2025年1月3日 · In 51 bce the Xiongnu empire split into two bands: an eastern horde, which submitted to the Chinese, and a western horde, which was driven into Central Asia.

The Xiongnu (Chinese: 匈奴; pinyin: Xiōngnú; Wade-Giles: Hsiung-nu); were a nomadic people from Central Asia, generally based in present day Mongolia and China. From the third century B.C.E. they controlled a vast steppe empire extending west as far as the Caucasus.

The Zhao–Xiongnu War (Chinese: 趙破匈奴之戰) was a war that took place between the state of Zhao and the Xiongnu confederation in 265 BC during the Warring States period of China. The Zhao state in North China bordered areas inhabited by nomadic tribes described as the Hu (胡) people. [1] . Zhao first came into contact with the Hu in 457 BC. [2]

To stop these attacks, the first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, built the Great Wall of China between 214 and 206 BC. Some Han dynasty emperors tried to make peace with them, but the Xiongnu continued to attack Chinese borders. Some people believe that the Xiongnu were related to the Huns, and this idea is still widely accepted today.

The Han–Xiongnu Wars, [5] also known as the Sino–Xiongnu War, [6] was a series of military conflicts fought over two centuries (from 133 BC to 89 AD) between the Chinese Han Empire and the nomadic Xiongnu confederation, although extended conflicts can be traced back as early as 200 BC and ahead as late as 188 AD.

The Xiongnu were aggressive horsemen from border region of China and Mongolia and likely forbears of the Huns. They hailed from the Siberian steppes and raided Chinese towns in the second century B.C., prompting construction of the Great Wall.

2022年4月17日 · The two sides recognized the Qin Long Wall as the border between their territories, and respected one another’s larger spheres of influence over smaller states and tribes. What Modun and his successor khans needed to hold authority and keep the confederacy together was a steady flow of goods to pass down to their followers.

The Xiongnu became a dominant power on the steppes of north-east Central Asia during the 2nd century BC, and their empire lasted until the late 1st century AD. This empire centred on the region that we today know as Mongolia but also encompassed parts …

2012年12月15日 · The Xiongnu 匈奴 were a nomad people living north and northwest of China during the Qin 秦 (221-206 BC) and Han 漢 (206 BCE-220 CE) periods. They founded a mighty federation of tribes living in the steppe and continuously endangered the border regions of Han China and the city states of the Silk Road.