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The '''Huns''' were an Asiatic nomadic people, probably originating in Central Asia in what is now [[Kyrgizstan]]. They were excellent horsemen, almost living 'in the saddle', and moved their herds and flocks from one place to another on the steppes to graze the animals. They perfected the art of shooting their short, 'composite' bows from horseback, making them formidable warriors. British and American propaganda in [[World War I]] often attacked the Germans as barbaric Huns, using the myth that the Huns wee the ancestors of the Germans.
The '''Huns''' were an Asiatic nomadic people, probably originating in Central Asia in what is now [[Kyrgyzstan]]. They were excellent horsemen, almost living 'in the saddle', and moved their herds and flocks from one place to another on the steppes to graze the animals. They perfected the art of shooting their short, 'composite' bows from horseback, making them formidable warriors. British and American propaganda in [[World War I]] often attacked the Germans as barbaric Huns, using the myth that the Huns were the ancestors of the Germans.
[[File:Attila.jpg|thumb}250px]]
[[File:Attila.jpg|thumb}250px]]
==West from China==
==West from China==
The most notorious leader of the Huns was [[Attila]] (406-453), the "Scourge of God", who having put the [[Balkans]] (to the very walls of [[Constantinople]]), [[France]], and northern [[Italy]], to fire and the sword, and then extracted tribute from the Romans to not ravage them any more. [[File:Huns.jpg|thumb|250px]]
The most notorious leader of the Huns was [[Attila]] (406-453), the "Scourge of God", who having put the [[Balkans]] (to the very walls of [[Constantinople]]), [[France]], and northern [[Italy]], to fire and the sword, and then extracted tribute from the Romans to not ravage them any more. [[File:Huns.jpg|thumb|250px]]
==See also==
* [[Attila]]
==Further reading==
==Further reading==
* Kelly, Christopher. ''The End of Empire: Attila the Hun and the Fall of Rome'' (2009) [http://www.amazon.com/End-Empire-Attila-Fall-Rome/dp/0393061965/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1260230510&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search]
* Kelly, Christopher. ''The End of Empire: Attila the Hun and the Fall of Rome'' (2009) [http://www.amazon.com/End-Empire-Attila-Fall-Rome/dp/0393061965/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1260230510&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search]