Xiongnu

E85577

historical people nomadic tribal confederation

The Xiongnu were a powerful confederation of nomadic tribes from the eastern Eurasian Steppe who frequently clashed with ancient China and influenced the region’s military and political history.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Xiongnu canonical	15
Xiongnu confederation	5
Xiongnu Empire	2
Northern Xiongnu	1
Southern Xiongnu	1
Xiongnu culture	1
Xiongnu imperial court	1
Xiongnu tribes	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical people ⓘ nomadic tribal confederation ⓘ
capital	Longcheng ⓘ
conflict	Han–Xiongnu War ⓘ Qin–Xiongnu conflicts ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	China ⓘ
culturalPractice	horse-based warfare ⓘ nomadic pastoralism ⓘ yurt dwelling ⓘ
economy	horse breeding ⓘ long-distance trade ⓘ pastoral nomadism ⓘ raiding and tribute ⓘ
ethnicGroupIn	China ⓘ
influenced	Chinese frontier policy ⓘ Great Wall of China expansion ⓘ military reforms of Han dynasty ⓘ
knownFrom	Chinese historical records ⓘ archaeological remains ⓘ
languageFamily	possibly Proto-Mongolic ⓘ possibly Turkic ⓘ
mainEnemy	Han dynasty ⓘ surface form: Eastern Han dynasty Han dynasty ⓘ Qin dynasty ⓘ Han dynasty ⓘ surface form: Western Han dynasty
militaryStrength	light cavalry ⓘ mounted archers ⓘ
notableEvent	heqin marriage alliances with Han dynasty ⓘ submission of Southern Xiongnu to Han ⓘ
notableLeader	Chanyu ⓘ surface form: Huhanye Chanyu Chanyu ⓘ surface form: Laoshang Chanyu Chanyu ⓘ surface form: Modu Chanyu Chanyu ⓘ surface form: Zhizhi Chanyu
notableLeaderTitle	Chanyu ⓘ
politicalStructure	steppe empire ⓘ tribal confederation ⓘ
possibleSuccessor	Huns ⓘ Xianbei ⓘ
region	eastern Eurasian Steppe ⓘ
successor	Xiongnu self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Northern Xiongnu Xiongnu self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Southern Xiongnu
timePeriod	1st century BCE ⓘ 1st century CE ⓘ 2nd century BCE ⓘ 2nd century CE ⓘ 3rd century BCE ⓘ
usedAnimal	camel ⓘ horse ⓘ
usedWeapon	composite bow ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Great Wall of China → designedToDefendAgainst → Xiongnu ⓘ

Han dynasty → diplomaticRelation → Xiongnu ⓘ

Eurasian Steppe → associatedWithEmpire → Xiongnu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Xiongnu Empire

Xiongnu → successor → Xiongnu self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Xiongnu

Xiongnu → successor → Xiongnu self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Xiongnu

Former Han → foreignRelations → Xiongnu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Xiongnu confederation

Han–Xiongnu War → conflictBetween → Xiongnu ⓘ

Han–Xiongnu War → belligerent → Xiongnu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Xiongnu Empire

Yuezhi → conflictedWith → Xiongnu ⓘ

Mongolian Plateau → historicallyInhabitedBy → Xiongnu ⓘ

Meng Tian → opponent → Xiongnu ⓘ

Zhaojun Tomb → associatedEthnicGroup → Xiongnu ⓘ

Tengri → worshippedBy → Xiongnu ⓘ

Longcheng → usedBy → Xiongnu ⓘ

Longcheng → politicalCenterOf → Xiongnu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Xiongnu confederation

Longcheng → capitalOf → Xiongnu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Xiongnu confederation

Longcheng → royalCityOf → Xiongnu ⓘ

Longcheng → culture → Xiongnu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Xiongnu culture

Longcheng → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Xiongnu ⓘ

Chanyu → usedBy → Xiongnu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Xiongnu confederation

Chanyu → relatedInstitution → Xiongnu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Xiongnu imperial court

Chanyu → governsOver → Xiongnu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Xiongnu tribes

Xianbei → follows → Xiongnu ⓘ

Xianbei → predecessor → Xiongnu ⓘ

Qin–Xiongnu conflicts → conflictBetween → Xiongnu ⓘ

Qin–Xiongnu conflicts → hasMainBelligerent → Xiongnu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Xiongnu confederation