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• appeared in Europe in the 4th cent. AD, and built up an empire there
• organized in a predominantly military manner
• Divided into hordes, they undertook extensive independent campaigns, living off the countries they ravaged
• short and of somewhat Mongolian appearance
• military superiority was due to their small, rapid horses, on which they practically lived, even eating and negotiating treaties on horseback
• similarity of their tactics and habits with those of the White Huns, the Magyars, the Mongols , and the Turks
• Having swept across Asia, they invaded the lower Volga valley c.372 and advanced westward, pushing the Germanic Ostrogoths and Visigoths before them and thus precipitating the great waves of migrations that destroyed the Roman Empire and changed the face of Europe
• crossed the Danube, penetrated deep into the Eastern Empire, and forced (432) Emperor Theodosius to pay them tribute
• Attila , their greatest king, had his palace in Hungary