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Hattusa, capital of the Hittites, Turkiye, with reconstruction illustration (lemmy.world)

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[–] rustyredox@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Got to have watchtowers for those pesky rock climbing mongolian assassins. A nice smooth brick surface slows them down and slips them a bit like heavy beatles clamoring up glass. /s

[–] bamfic@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Mongolians? In 1300BC? Wasn't it 2,500 years later, in like, 1200AD when they came rolling thru?

[–] RoidingOldMan@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Attilla the Hun was around 450 AD too. Not exactly Mongolian, but very similar in the sense of being nomadic horse archers from the steppe.

[–] groet 4 points 1 month ago

They might actually be related. The huns originated from east of the Volga river (so east of the Scythians) and recent research identified genetic links to ancient Mongols

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