Talk:Huns/@comment-24784595-20151130014418/@comment-3171148-20170810005743

The Huns were believed to have been descended from the Caspian Tribes, and the Xiongnu, which were a confederation of Mongolian-Gobi Desert tribes that engaged in war with the Greco-Bactrians, and Han Chinese, but trade with them as well.

The Xiongnu seemed to disappear from Chinese texts during the 200s to 700s AD suggesting that constant war between them and their neighbours, as well as War amongst themselves forced them to migrate towards the Caspian Sea.

The Mongols are the descendants of the Xiongnu, whilst the actual "official" Xiongnu merged with the local Caspian Population (Who themselves are said to be the descendants of Sumerians who migrated into the area after their kingdoms collapsed between 2023 to 1980s BC, and by extension the Ancestors of the Magyars/Hungarians)

Interesting some of the AI names for the Huns are funnily enough, seemed to have been ripped out of the Sumerians. Ellak, Mundzuk, etc all sound like something they would've been Sumerian names.

So in short: The Mongols, Huns, Magyars, and Sumerians (AoE1) are all most likely related, as one big culture.