Attila the Hun Part 1: The Sword of Mars
Real Dictators
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The Kaiser's Speech at Bremerheim
Peter Heather is professor of medieval history at King's College London. He says a tiller the Hun was a fearsome leader from the east who rode westward into Europe, conquering and plundering as he went. The Kaiser wants his soldiers at the west to turn a tiller's methods back on the peoples of the east. A pivotal question continues to beguile archaeologists and historians: Where exactly did the Huns originally come from? Some suggest Kazakhstan, or elsewhere in Central Asia.
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