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Mongolian history
- In Mongolia: Ethnography and early tribal history
…important tribal groups are the Sienpi (Xianbi), who may however have been Tungus-speakers rather than Mongol, recorded in Han dynasty annals, and the Juan-juan (Rouran, or Geougen) of the 4th to 6th centuries. The latter have been identified by some scholars with the Avars, who migrated into Europe along the…
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