Xiongnu language
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Xiongnu, also referred to as Xiong-nu or Hsiung-nu, is the language presumed to be spoken by the Xiongnu, a people and confederation which existed from the 3rd century BCE to 100 AD. It is sparsely at
Bronze seal of a Xiongnu chief, conferred by the Eastern Han government. Inscribed 漢匈奴/歸義親/漢長 ("The Chief of the Han Xiongnu, who have returned to righteousness and embraced the Han"). Seal, impression, and transcription in standard characters.
Göktürks
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The Göktürks, also known as Türks, Celestial Turks or Blue Turks, were a Turkic people in medieval Inner Asia. The Göktürks, under the leadership of Bumin Qaghan and his sons, succeeded the Rouran Kha
Gökturk petroglyphs from Orkhon Valley, Mongolia (6th to 8th century)
A funerary depiction of long haired Türks in the Kazakh steppe. Miho funerary couch, circa 570.
Turkic horseman (Tomb of An Jia, 579 CE).
Bust of Kul Tigin (684–731) found in Khashaat, Arkhangai Province, Orkhon River valley, modern-day Mongolia.