The Han-Xiongnu War was a generational war between two great civilizations, the sedentary Chinese Han Dynasty and the nomadic Xiongnu Empire.

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0:00 Origin of the Han Dynasty
0:52 Who were the Xiongnu?
3:00 Steppe life
5:54 Modu Chanyu
10:24 Qin - Han Dynasty Transition
10:57 First Han - Xiongnu conflict
15:00 Han's Defeat and Heqin Appeasement
20:58 Han Wudi's rise to power
26:32 The Beginning of Han - Xiongnu War
29:12 Military Situation
30:38 Han Wudi's Generals
33:06 Turning the Tide of War
38:10 Battle of Mobei
41:49 What happened to the Xiongnu?
44:45 Xiongnu Tribe Hierarchy & Dynamics
46:14 North South Xiongnu Split

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Sima Qian (司馬遷), Shiji (史記)
Sima Qian (司馬遷) Translated by Burton Watson, Records of the Grand Historian.
Hyun Jin Kim, 2017, The political organization of steppe empires and their contribution to Eurasian inter-connectivity.
Hyun Jin Kim, 2015, The Huns.
Kradin Nikolai, 2008, Structure of Power in Nomadic Empires of Inner Asia: Anthropological
Approach.
Edwin Yamauchi, 2003, Foes from the Northern Frontier.


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