Attila the Hun

Everything Everywhere Daily

Gary Arndt

History, Education

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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During the 5th century, one name struck fear into the hearts of almost every European: Attila, leader of the Huns. For a period of almost 20 years, Attila ravaged Europe, conquering various tribes and causing one of the largest migrations ever seen on the continent. Then, quite suddenly and unexpectedly, the conquests of Attila stopped, and the Huns were no longer a major power. Learn more about Attila the Hun and how he changed the course of European history on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors BetterHelp is an online platform that provides therapy and counseling services to individuals in need of mental health support. The platform offers a range of communication methods, including chat, phone, and video sessions with licensed and accredited therapists who specialize in different areas, such as depression, anxiety, relationships, and more. Get 10% off your first month at BetterHelp.com/Everywhere ButcherBox is the perfect solution for anyone looking to eat high-quality, sustainably sourced meat without the hassle of going to the grocery store. With ButcherBox, you can enjoy a variety of grass-fed beef, heritage pork, free-range chicken, and wild-caught seafood delivered straight to your door every month. Visit ButcherBox.com/Daily to get 10% off and free chicken thighs for a year. InsideTracker provides a personal health analysis and data-driven wellness guide to help you add years to your life—and life to your years. Choose a plan that best fits your needs to get your comprehensive biomarker analysis, customized Action Plan, and customer-exclusive healthspan resources. For a limited time, Everything Everywhere Daily listeners can get 20% off InsideTracker’s new Ultimate Plan. Visit InsideTracker.com/eed. Subscribe to the podcast! https://link.chtbl.com/EverythingEverywhere?sid=ShowNotes -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Peter Bennett & Thor Thomsen Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Update your podcast app at newpodcastapps.com Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	During the 5th century, one name struck fear into the hearts of almost every European,
0:04.8	Attila, leader of the Huns.
0:07.2	For a period of almost 20 years, Attila ravaged Europe, conquering various tribes,
0:11.5	and causing one of the largest migrations ever to be seen on the continent.
0:15.0	Then, quite suddenly and unexpectedly, the conquest of Attila stopped and the Huns were no longer a major power.
0:21.0	Learn more about Attila of the Hun and how we change the course of European history on this
0:25.8	episode of Everything and Asia as being separate continents, but in reality if you take a cursory look at a map, you can see that it's actually one giant landmass.
0:52.0	While places like China and Italy may have been
0:54.9	very far apart from each other and had little contact, the lands in the middle
0:59.1	never made any distinction between Asia and Europe. This was the realm of the Eurasian Step and the
1:04.8	nomadic people who lived there. The Step was a very large swath of land that
1:09.0	extended all the way from Northern China to Eastern Europe. One of the nomadic groups from this region in the fourth century
1:15.2	were the Hans. Little is known about the early history of the Hans. We know that the group
1:21.0	originated somewhere in Central Asia and then began a Western migration towards Europe which lasted the better part of a century.
1:28.0	Current theory sold that the Huns were a mix of Mongol, Turkic, and Urgic peoples and that their language was in all likelihood a Turkic language.
1:37.0	Around the year 370, the Huns were reported to be living around the Volga River in modern-day Russia,
1:42.4	and from there they continued to move west. the
1:45.0	Vulga River in modern day Russia, and from there they continued to move west. The Huns, like many nomadic people from Central Asia,
1:48.0	had mastered the art of horseback riding
1:50.0	and in particular, mounted archery.
1:52.0	It was a form of warfare that was almost unknown in Europe.
1:56.4	The subject of this episode, Attila, was probably born sometime around 395 to 406,
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