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Why Huns
posted by tmdb43737777STAFFMOD on November 21, 2018 at 4:43 PM
I'm no expert on history, especially Chinese, but I'm sure the Huns never invaded China, and that these "Huns" are basically Mongolains, they look dress like how Mongolains were supposed to dress, they used Falcons as messengers and crossed the Great Wall.
Does anyone know why they were called Huns?
I'm presuming it's due to some poltical correctness or to appease the Chinese or Mongolian market.
Whatever the reason it's been bugging me for a while and I can't find out why.
Reply by Mrs.peacock
on November 21, 2018 at 4:45 PM
I think they're loosely based on the Xiong Nu, who were the nomadic people that inspired the Great Wall of China, and may have been related to the Huns that later caused the Romans so many problems. The Mongols were almost a thousand years later.
But whether they're Xiong Nu, Hun, Mongols or Manchu, they're all get lumped together when discussing invaders from the steppes of Central Asia. They probably drew them like the Mongols because we have many examples of their armor and weapons, but not many drawings of what the Huns looked like. No one even really knows what Attila looked like.