floofloof@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 9 months agoThe Great Wall of China Has Suffered 'Irreversible' Damage After Two Workers Excavated a Shortcut Through the Cultural Relicnews.artnet.comexternal-linkmessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1261arrow-down15cross-posted to: world@lemmy.world
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minus-squareprotistcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down1·9 months ago*Mongol horde (The Huns attacked Europe)
minus-squareTheHotze@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·9 months agoI thought Hun was a generic term like barbarian
minus-squareThe Octonautcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up14·9 months agoNo, it was a specific tribe. However there were “barbarian” tribes near China named the Dzungar and the Xiongu, both of which are a bit like “Hun” and either of which are suggested to perhaps be the eastern side of that same tribe.
*Mongol horde
(The Huns attacked Europe)
I thought Hun was a generic term like barbarian
No, it was a specific tribe.
However there were “barbarian” tribes near China named the Dzungar and the Xiongu, both of which are a bit like “Hun” and either of which are suggested to perhaps be the eastern side of that same tribe.