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The Huns were an early group of Central Asian equestrian nomads or semi-nomadic people. They moved into Europe around 370, and in the 5th century, built an empire there under Attila the Hun. After Attila's death in 453, the empire fell apart.

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  • Otto J. Mänchen-Helfen: The Legend of the Origin of the Huns (published in Byzantion, vol. XVII, 1944-45, pp. 244–251)
  • E. A. Thompson: A History of Attila and the Huns (London, Oxford University Press, 1948)
  • J. Webster: The Huns and Existentialist Thought (Loudonville, Siena College Press, 2006)
  • The History Files Europe: The Origins of the Huns, based on conversations with Kemal Cemal, Turkey, 2002

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