yuezhi

An interesting idea that came to me recently is the idea of the Yuezhi, instead of fleeing west, away from the clutches of the Xiongnu and into lands that were alot less well-known, to the lands of the wine-drinking Baktrian Hellenes and their distant cousins, migrate south, through Western...

After the Yuezhi suffered a devastating defeat at the hands of the Xiongnu sometime around 176 BC, they migrated en masse westwards, towards Bactria and Central Asia. They would, in turn, drive the Saka themselves west, and to seek war with the sedentary peoples there, and it is their...

The Xiongnu were a nomadic confederation of various nomadic groups north of China which constantly harassed and interacted with it's southern neighbor. It had a great effect on the history of the steppe, such as influencing the Han dynasty's policy towards "barbarians" and forcing the Yuezhi to...

As you probably know, Practical Lobster "unfolded" Ephtalites-Chionites toward the Sassanid Empire, bringing India escaped another wave of invaders, and the Middle East has changed beyond recognition. I noticed that there were more people of India pokorvshie similar way. Greco-Bactrian kings...