Huns

The Huns are thought by many historians to be the first Turkic people mentioned in history. References in Chinese sources to a people called the 'Hiung-nu' go back to 1400 BC, and may be the ancestors of the later, better-known Huns, though not all scholars agree. A group called the European Huns and led by Attila the Hun (not [Attila the Fun]?, though such a character appears later on in history.) is considered, with little certainty, to be the western extension of this tribe. Establishment of the first Hun state is one of the first well-documented appearances of the culture of horseback migration in history. These tribespeople achieved superiority over their rivals, most of which were highly cultured, by the help of their splendid state of readiness and amazing mobile capabilities.

Subsequently the term has become an derogatory term for Germans. It was particular use amoung the [Allied Forces]? during World War II, although has partly died out nowadays.

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