The state of Yueban was formed by the vanquished Northern Xiongnu who were forced westward by Chinese invaders in the 1st-2nd C. CE. It was located around Lake Balkhash. Despite their early defeat, Yueban seems to have been the last surviving independent Xiongnu state in history.
The Yueban state had the same name as a Xiongnu capital city in Ordos (modern day China). Helian Bobo lived in that Ordos city as a child and may have been born there. The city in Ordos fell to the Northern Wei who exterminated the Xiongnu ruling clans. The Yueban state around Lake Balkhash lasted until about 487 CE when it ceased to exist after being invaded by the Tiele/Gaoche people. Less than a decade later the Hephthalites (White Huns) overthrew the Tiele/Gaoche invaders. The Yueban Xiongnu were later conquered by the Rouran and the Turks until they gradually disappeared.
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| Linyi Wubaizhuang Tomb. Xiongnu sculpture. |
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| Linyi Wubaizhuang Tomb. Xiongnu sculpture. |
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Linyi Wubaizhuang Tomb. Xiongnu sculpture.
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Linyi Wubaizhuang Tomb. Xiongnu sculpture.
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Beizhai Tomb. Detail of Xiongnu soldiers.
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Beizhai Tomb. Detail of Xiongnu soldiers.
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Beizhai Tomb. Detail of Xiongnu soldiers.
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Beizhai Tomb. Detail of Xiongnu soldiers.
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Beizhai Tomb. The upper segment shows Xiongnu and Han soldiers fighting.
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Beizhai Tomb. Detail of Xiongnu soldiers fighting Han soldiers on a bridge.
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Linyi Wubaizhuang Tomb. Xiongnu sculpture.
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Linyi Wubaizhuang Tomb. Xiongnu sculpture.
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| Scythian and Hun art comparison. |
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| Some type of humanoid bat-like creature? |
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https://www.sohu.com/a/315612690_120143233
https://www.ccclux.lu/exhibitions/191-epics-on-the-stones
https://www.trip.com/review/linyi-museum-24651308-168026535/
https://www.sohu.com/a/634490048_772510
https://inf.news/en/culture/bb72dd560d4c8a072527796ec27b0598.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yueban
https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/41027462
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