Were The Huns Asian

Answer 1

Yes

It depends on what you mean by Asian.

The Huns were group of pastoral nomads originating from an area in Central Asia know as the Steppe or Eurasian Steppe it is the world's largest grassland and an exceedingly harsh climate with temperatures ranging from 120 degrees F in the summer to -60 degrees F in the winter.

As to the ethnicity of the Huns it is very hard to tell weather or not the Huns would be considered east Asian or Oriental, as the term is used today. Most tribes from the steppe, of which the Huns were one, were not ethnically homogeneous, they often included Turkic peoples, east Asian people, and Persian peoples, to name only a few... in addition to that it is interesting to note that Chinese writers from the Hun's period, and earlier, describe people living on their borders that sound almost Nordic ie., tall, fair skinned people, with sometimes blonde hair, and sometimes green or blue eyes.

The point being it's difficult to tell, with any accuracy, what ethnicity may have composed the Huns.

Answer 2

The most compelling evidence is the account of history between the Han people and their age-old confrontation with the Hun people, which at the height of warfare between Hans and Huns (a.k.a. Han-Hun Wars, or Sino-Xiongnu Wars), recount "massed mounted infantry and cavalry, driving the Huns far west of Beihai (Lake Baikal)... " --- Sima Qian, Shiji (Records of the Grand Historian) It would be over 500 years later, that the most notable "Hun" of them all, as recorded in European history, Attila the Hun, whose only known documented account of his physical appearance, describes him as a man "short of stature, with a broad chest and a large head; his eyes were small, his beard thin and sprinkled with grey; and he had a flat nose and tanned skin, showing evidence of his origin." --- Jordanes, 6th Century Roman Chronicler (citing Roman diplomat Priscus)

Answer 3

True