White Huns: Rise and Decline

As usual, more on the way :-)

What do you wish to attack the Chinese, Indian, Persian or the Roman Empire? The Huns: Yes.

Which region of the world you wanna fight? The Huns: Yes

We're making a feature film on this era, we did some hard research with half a dozen professors; so I'd like to give some perspective on these steppe powers. Hephtalites aka "Ak Huns" were of the same lineage of the Great Hun Empire that contained China and found hegemony. As Attila's forebears moved west with their clans, creating a tidal wave that swept across Europe, there were also clans and khanates that remained. Hephtalites are one of those powers, that chose to dominate and control Sodgian trade routes (proto-Silk road). But the simple fact remains that the nobility of Ak Huns, the Rouran Khaganate, Gokturks and even the northern Chinese Turko-Sino dynasties (like Xianbei) were all related patrilineally. We must note, however, that the ranks of statehood were different. Gokturks and Rouran were Khaganates ruled by a Khagan which can be transliterated as Empires ruled by an Emperor; whereas Hephtalites were a Khanate ruled by a Khan which is analogous to a Kingdom ruled by a King.

One million kudos points to you for immediately explaining that the word 'Hun' meant a political grouping and was not a specific race of people. No-one has ever found the remains of an ethnic 'Hun'. 'Hun' was a cultural word used primarily by Central Asians to describe their affiliation. Well done - almost every history gets this wrong.

I really like the art style that was used in this video

I have never heard anything about the Hephthalites and the Kidarites and to hear how much of an impact they had on one of the greatest empires of that time( the Sassanid Empire) is just amazing! Thanks for this incredible video!

Iberian and Albanian vassals could be confusing to anyone who doesn't know caucuses history well.

Thank you so much for making history about Nomads. I’m from Kazakhstan and I’m very happy about this. I’ve been watching since 2017 :)

As Ibn Khaldun pointed out centuries later, settled people are soft due to luxury and nomads are tough and wild and when they settle they too become soft.

"He lost so bad that he had to give up his heir" WHERE HAVE I HEARD THIS STORY BEFORE?

This has been one of the most interesting and beautifully done videos from you guys recently (and it is tough competition). Great job! I want more on the less known parts of the history :)

Göktürks: LET’S GET DOWN TO BUSINESS! TO DEFEAT THE HUNS! Also Göktürks: Wait, what...

Really enjoyable and valuable video. Valuable because it emphasizes the Huns who had a great impact on persia, and northern India, and are almost never mentioned in popular culture. Having read briefly about the hunnic attacks in Indian school history book, I was suprised later when the Huns under Atilla never were at Indian borders. Only today I got the full picture and it's really satisfying..

this video has crazy beautiful and very appropriate art style for describe nomad (hunnic, turkic, mongol) central asia people

Did you know to this day the word "Gavat", which originated from persian king Kavad, means the man who sells his woman/ or someone who is middle man for corrupted affairs in Turkish.

Beautiful animations and great content, please keep it up!

Oooohhh. Not enough content out there about the Hepththalites. I love this.

Excellent video as always! Only one thing I would like to point out, that Gurjar Pratihars never managed to get a hold of entire north India, and never set foot in eastern parts. They were engaged in a 3 way deadlock with Rashtrakuta dynasty from South India and Pal dynasty of eastern India. A struggle to control the entirety of north India that weakened all three powers over time.

Another great video over a topic that is not normally discussed and when it is discussed poorly. Well done K&G!