- Period:
- 300 BCE – 150 CE
- Region:
- Moğolistan / Güney Sibirya / İç Asya
- Type:
- confederation
It is regarded - though the point is disputed - as a great ancestor of Turkic history; the title chanyu is linked with the Turkic "khan". It split in two in 58 BCE, and the Northern Xiongnu migrated westward to form the Western Huns.
Rulers (8)
- Xiongnu Chanyu Touman Chanyu · 220 BCE–209 BCE
- Şanyü Teoman (Touman) · 220 BCE–209 BCE
- Şanyü (Büyük Han) Modu Şanyü · 209 BCE–174 BCE
- Xiongnu Büyük Chanyu Modu Chanyu (冒頓) · 209 BCE–174 BCE
- Şanyü Mete Han (Modu Şanyü) · 209 BCE–174 BCE
- Xiongnu Chanyu Jünchen Chanyu · 160 BCE–126 BCE
- Xiongnu Chanyu Yizhixie Chanyu · 126 BCE–114 BCE
- Kuzey Xiongnu Chanyu Zhizhi Chanyu · 56 BCE–36 BCE
Related events
- Early Xiongnu State Organization · 310 BCE
- Donghu-Xiongnu Power Balance · 300 BCE
- Xiongnu Consolidation Before Qin Unity · 250 BCE
- Donghu Splits into Xianbei and Wuhuan · 209 BCE
- Xiongnu State Structure: Left-Right Wing System · 200 BCE
- Tarim Basin City-States Under Steppe Influence · 200 BCE
- Xiongnu Kurgan Tradition: Noin-Ula Finds · 200 BCE
- Xiongnu Tengri Worship Documented · 200 BCE
- Xiongnu Language: Turkic Connection Debate · 200 BCE
- Xiongnu Decimal Military System · 200 BCE
- Steppe Kurultay: Assembly System · 200 BCE
- Xiongnu Tamga and Title System · 200 BCE
- Xiongnu: No Writing System, Oral Tradition · 200 BCE
- Heqin System: Princess, Silk, Tribute · 190 BCE
- Wusun-Xiongnu Alliance Against Yuezhi · 175 BCE
- Xiongnu and Sogdian Merchants: Silk Road Middlemen · 150 BCE
- Xiongnu Pastoral-Nomadic Economy · 150 BCE
- Xiongnu Silk Import — Steppe Luxury Economy · 130 BCE
- Tagar Culture Transforms to Tashtyk under Xiongnu · 100 BCE
- Han-Wusun Joint Campaign Against Xiongnu · 100 BCE
- Kangju and Xiongnu: Northern Silk Road Control · 100 BCE
- Zhizhi Chanyu Flees West to Kangju · 56 BCE
- Huhanye Chanyu Submits to Han Dynasty · 51 BCE
- Wang Zhaojun: Beauty Sent to Xiongnu · 33 BCE
Source: Wikipedia
Frequently asked questions
- What was Xiongnu (Hunnic Confederation)?
- A steppe empire united in the 3rd century BCE under Modu Chanyu that kept Han China under pressure for more than two hundred years.
- When did Xiongnu (Hunnic Confederation) exist?
- 300 BCE – 150 CE
- Where was Xiongnu (Hunnic Confederation) located?
- Moğolistan / Güney Sibirya / İç Asya