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History of the western steppe

  • HeruliJordanes, writing in the sixth century from Constantinople, described Scandinavia as a workshop or womb of nations. He claimed that Heruli had been driven…
  • PechenegsMedieval Arabic texts from the 9th century referred to a people known as Bjnak, Bjanak, or Bajanak. Classical Tibetan documents recorded their name as…