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Religions > Atheism |
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"maff" |
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19 Mar 2005 09:22:10 AM |
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OT: Attila |
Niebelung kebab
http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,12084,1440232,00.html
John Man's biography of Attila the Hun leaves Ranjit Bolt feeling faint
Saturday March 19, 2005
The Guardian
Attila: A Barbarian King and the Fall of Rome
by John Man
389pp, Bantam, =A320
No wonder the Huns went west. It can't have been much fun living in
steppes where the wrong night wind could blow your yurt away and deep
freeze you in your sleep. Not that it was just the harsh conditions of
their life that drove them. The hostility of the Chinese had as much,
or more, to do with it, and it was really their assaults that provided
the momentum for the initial westward migration. Always assuming it's
the Huns we're talking about, because nothing is ever quite certain, as
one soon discovers in this account of their rise.The most plausible
solution to the mystery of their origin places them as the remnant of
the Xiongnu, a warrior race who wielded bows which, at a range of 100
metres or so, could outperform some modern guns, and who were very big
in Mongolia for a time.
Attila
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