Legacy of the Huns: Germanic and Turkic Kingdoms in Europe

In the aftermath of the Hunnic invasions, the geopolitical situation in Europe changed drastically. Between 370 and 453, the year of Attila's death, many Germanic and even Iranic tribes such as the Visigoths, Gepids and Alans migrated into Roman lands. The Vandals conquered Carthage and Roman Africa in 439, while Illyria became Ostrogothic territory and Odoaker of the Turkilingi tribe took over Italy in 476. The Western Roman Empire was thus crumbling under external pressure. But the Hunnic Empire had also collapsed after the death of Attila, its last great king. The events further east, however, are often overlooked in contemporary history books. Unjustly so. Because the Huns did not suddenly "disappear". On the contrary, the people who had migrated to Europe stayed, bringing with them their cultures from Central Asia. The result was the creation of several new state-like entities, from the Hungarian plains to the Danube-Caspian region. Among them was the Onogur Federation. Composed of remnants of the Hunnic Empire as well as new migrants from Asia, the Onogur confederation laid the foundations for a Turkic presence in Eastern Europe, as well as being the predecessors of the Bulgars and perhaps even the Magyars, the ancestors of today's Hungarians and Bulgarians. Finally, the Onogur federation served as a transition between the Hunnic era and the Göktürk era that would begin a century after Attila's death, as the Onogur presence in Ukraine would also enable a Göktürk presence on the Black Sea coast against Byzantium. It is time to unravel their story once and for all. We will delve deeper into the aftermath of the Hunnic invasions in both Western and Eastern Europe, revealing the legacy of the Huns long after the death of Attila. Chapters: 00:00-02:10 Introduction: Ending Empires, Starting Kingdoms 02:11-07:53 Dissolution of the Hunnic Empire 07:54-15:13 Germanic Kingdoms 15:14-22:35 Turkic States 22:36-26:12 Dismantling the "Barbarian" Narrative WEBSITE: https://bit.ly/KhansDen GÖKTÜRK MOVIE 01: https://bit.ly/GokturkMovie1 GÖKTÜRK MOVIE 02: https://bit.ly/GokturkMovie2 GÖKTÜRK MOVIE 03: https://bit.ly/GokturkMovie3 PATREON: http://bit.ly/3BR6M3T PODCAST: https://bit.ly/KhansDenPodcast BOOK 1: https://amzn.to/3fwqmKR BOOK 2: [Coming Soon]