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Post by freedom on Nov 1, 2011 19:40:30 GMT 3
Judging from the location of the Empire, it encomposed a large tract of Europe and central Asia. There were Turkish people from Bulgaria-Ukraine on to the east. It seems judging by location that he was most likely Turk from the region, more so than from other groups. But that is but a guess.
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Post by freedom on Nov 1, 2011 5:27:17 GMT 3
Hey people, long time no post here. I realize there are probably multiple threads on this subject, yet i ask 'was attila the Hun Mongolian or Turk?' Same question goes for the 'Hun Empire'. From what i understand Attila took over a Indo-Iranian/Scythian Empire, possibly spoke a early dialect of Bashkir and has been said to be of ethnic Turk and/or Goth. So there seems to be a lot of confusion going on about the Man & Empire. Thanks.
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Post by freedom on Sept 14, 2009 3:59:56 GMT 3
why Chinese government is quiet on this so far? I thought chinese will fight Myanmar army to help their fellow chinese. Did you miss something? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokang_rebellionChina's strong "national unity" philosophy has backfired. Beijing's client state, the Myanmar Military Junta, is applying the same anti-secessionist ethos China used for Uyghurs, on the ethnic Han minority of the north and eastern Shan State of Myanmar. Beijing is mumbling principles of "domestic policy" and "restraint" and "peaceful solution" thus far. But online Zhonghua nationalist and Han nationalist sentiments are boiling, calling for Beijing to punish the perverse military junta just like it did to Vietnam in 1979, and Kim Jung-Il recently. China is in the business to make money. Myanmar is suppressing the ethnic Chinese in the country, still more important in business circles, there are gas reserves off the coast of Myanmar being developed by China, a port and pipeline being built to service central China. Two other ports are already in use by China. The ethnic Chinese may not be important enough for China to concern itself with, then on the other hand they could be used as a catalyst for Chinese troops to enter the country someday.
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Post by freedom on Aug 29, 2009 9:38:29 GMT 3
I didn't know that. Seems like a widely-spread word. What's the original Hungarian word for "army"? Had Double-checking in a dictionary I find 'hadsereg' for army. I read somewhere that 'had' was a term originally applied to some sort of familial warband, or rather it has ties to being a familial word. Hungarian has lots of words based upon it. Hadi = martial, warlike Hadnagy = lieutenant Előhad = vanguard Utóhad = rearguard Hajóhad = armada Hadjárat = campaign Hadászat = strategy etc. Good to see this thread still going. That is interesting, many words from the Indo-European language group - Romance & Teutonic/Germanic languages can be traced to Sanskrit.
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Post by freedom on Feb 2, 2009 6:56:25 GMT 3
Much appreciate the replies. Have been listening to "yao to mao" these last few day's, interesting and filling a void at the same time. I have some rudimentary knowledge on the planet, so not totaly incompetent here.
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Post by freedom on Jan 8, 2009 1:05:49 GMT 3
Thanks for the replies. I'm not attempting to show china in a negative light, for the most part, i respect all nations and cultures. The reasoning behind this thread is due to another person, a proclaimed china buff, claiming "china never attacked another country in a blatant act of aggression". Knowing full well that in recent history, china did send forces into post wwII korea and vietnam. Recent events in Tibet is another story, something that belongs in another thread.
In the past there were some acts of aggression toward the Tibetans, Korean and Vietnamese people, now we're going back from a hundred to fifteen hundred years ago. I'm still researching the events.
As a member mentioned, china was at a few points in time 'seperate kingdoms that did war against each other', that is a valid point.
I'm more versed with european conflicts, and to add, allways looked at china and india as being just as multicultural as europe.
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Post by freedom on Jan 7, 2009 11:27:31 GMT 3
Throughout history, unlike it's European counterparts, it appears China has not attacked many countries. A case could be made for defensive attacks against the mongols and other central Asian nations, Korea, Korea war (1950's), Tibet(?), India (skirmish), Vietnam.
Can anyone add any outright hostile act of aggression perpetrated by China on another country at any point of it's history ?
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Post by freedom on Dec 18, 2008 5:15:37 GMT 3
who were the indigenous inhabitants of Western - Central & Northern Europe ? No one. Humans are indigenous to Africa. There was mention of 8000 - 14 000 bc, last ice age, ..etc.
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Post by freedom on Dec 18, 2008 2:57:07 GMT 3
The Caucasus is certainly a region of frustration to ethnic and linguist study, in time perhaps there will be a clearer, more fact based opinion on the history of the region. I did misuse Caucasus and should have been more clear, still it is the Europeans pre dating the Indo-Europeans migrations that i'm interested in researching. Questions such as ; who were the indigenous inhabitants of Western - Central & Northern Europe ?
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Post by freedom on Dec 18, 2008 0:28:02 GMT 3
Is it? I thought they were more related with the indigenenous Caucasian peoples I'm trying to establish the connection between early CENTRAL-WESTERN Europeans and more recent groups of people to the sub-continent, to the period of Indo-European migrations west. Information is difficult to come by, cross referencing is a must and this area of study is still filled with propaganda from our old teachings. To be fair there is far more evidence today that is being used to understand our past. The Finns & Sami today are certainly more caucasian. ;D I should have used Ugric or Proto-Ugric instead, Uralic connection(?).Still i'm interested in the period between 8000 - 15 000 bc.
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Post by freedom on Dec 17, 2008 4:56:04 GMT 3
I'm doing some research on the indigenous people of Europe going back to the last ice age. Any input would be appreciated. I'm interested in all of Eurasia and North Africa in regard to these groups and other groups that influenced the genetic make-up of present day Europeans.
I'll start with this : From what i understand the Sami today have a genetic link to a maternal proto-Basque and male Proto-Ugrian ancestor ?
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