3 101 X During the mid 5th century AD, the Hephthalites or White Huns, steppe nomads related to the Hun confederacy, invaded the lands of Iran and northern India. Although generally regarded as destructive, some of the Hephthalite material in India shows that they also adopted native culture.
#PW Hephthalites (White Huns), coin of Toramana
4 101 X The shadowy Ruan-Ruan nomads dominated the steppe region north of China, with which they were in constant conflict, in the 4th to mid 6th centuries AD. An anecdotal account claims that they were incredibly filthy in their habits, never washing and their women cleaning their plates by licking them.
#PW Ruan-Ruan
5 101 X A nomad group living in the Pontic steppe in the early centuries AD, the Alans were a branch of the Sarmatian tribe. Conquered by the Huns, they joined them in their invasion of Europe, remaining there as one of the mixed barbarian groups harrying the Roman Empire during 5th century AD.
#PW Alans
6 101 X After the death of Attila in 453, the Hun confederacy disintegrated. His youngest son, Irnikh (Ernac), established a state on the Pontic steppe. Two centuries later, the people of this region, now known as the Bulgars, invaded the Balkans and established Bulgaria.
#Bulgars
7 101 X In the mid 6th century AD the Turks appear as the rulers of a nomad tribal confederacy dominating Central Asia, where they had probably dwelt for centuries. Their military success was linked to the invention of stirrups which rendered them increasingly effective and formidable as a cavalry force.
