History of Attila and the Huns (Sleepy Documentary - ASMR - Campfire Sounds)

By the end of the Fourth Century AD, the Huns appeared in Europe and shook the already struggling Roman Empire, especially its western half. In this episode, I tell you about the direct and indirect effects of the Huns' invasions (indirect effects include the migrations of other peoples, such as the Visigoths or the Alans). We will also explore the Hunnic society, the mysterious origins of this people, and the life of Attila, their most famous ruler.

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Timestamps:

0:00 Important: Stable Volume Fix
1:44 Attila and the Huns
5:30 The Roman Empire Past its Peak
9:09 After the Third Century Crisis
11:39 The Huns and the Migration of the Goths
13:40 Visigoths and Ostrogoths
16:30 The Huns and the Alans
19:35 Out of the Central Asian Steppe
22:46 Nomad/Sedentary Rivalries
25:54 The Xiongnu Hypothesis
28:34 People or Political Confederation
30:44 Appearance of the Huns
33:25 Attack of 395 AD
35:39 Uldin
37:48 Roman Concessions
41:01 Attila's Diplomacy and Honoria
44:09 Catalaunian Plains
48:10 Attack in Northern Italy and Death
50:49 Attila's Appearance and Behaviour
53:51 Nomadism, Predation and Horses
56:37 Hunnic Culture
59:49 Military Tactics and Hunnic State
1:03:38 Impact on the Romans and Christianity
1:06:29 Legacy in Legends, Historiography and Culture
1:10:18 The Huns and Hungary
1:14:30 Campfire Sounds, No Talking

[TheFrenchWhispererASMR]

Timestamps:
0:00 Important: Stable Volume Fix
1:44 Attila and the Huns
5:30 The Roman Empire Past its Peak
9:09 After the Third Century Crisis
11:39 The Huns and the Migration of the Goths
13:40 Visigoths and Ostrogoths
16:30 The Huns and the Alans
19:35 Out of the Central Asian Steppe
22:46 Nomad/Sedentary Rivalries
25:54 The Xiongnu Hypothesis
28:34 People or Political Confederation
30:44 Appearance of the Huns
33:25 Attack of 395 AD
35:39 Uldin
37:48 Roman Concessions
41:01 Attila's Diplomacy and Honoria
44:09 Catalaunian Plains
48:10 Attack in Northern Italy and Death
50:49 Attila's Appearance and Behaviour
53:51 Nomadism, Predation and Horses
56:37 Hunnic Culture
59:49 Military Tactics and Hunnic State
1:03:38 Impact on the Romans and Christianity
1:06:29 Legacy in Legends, Historiography and Culture
1:10:18 The Huns and Hungary
1:14:30 Campfire Sounds, No Talking

Links to Lights Out Library: my stories retold in American English by Olimpia.

Links para la Biblioteca de los Sueños: mis historias contadas por Olimpia en español con acento mexicano.

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Thank you for this video! As a Hungarian it always feels nice when non-Hungarians cover topics so integrated to my/our culture and history, and also it was nice hearing a more objective approach to this topic. Hungarians can get very biased about this topic I feel like 😅. Coincidentally I just started reading-reading one of my favorite novel, “The slave of the Huns” (which I highly recommend to anybody interested in Attila and the Huns) when the algorithm recommended me this video. Anyway thank you very much for the great content ❤

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History of:

Gold (properties metallurgy veneration culturally value)

Mount Everest (summit attempts from mallory to hillary, view of tibetan culture, incredible conditions of the weather)

Mercury (element history use from medicine to alchemy to modern)

Domestication of cats (a feline follow up to your dogs and wolves video)

Alchemy (Ancient times, notable figures in history likle John Dee, Paracelsus, legends of lead to gold and eternal life)

Easter Island (from the famous heads to the explorers from the west to the population leaving after deforestation)

Astronomy

Development of Cartography

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Linneaus and beginning of biology taxonomy

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Gutenberg press and history of paper (ancient times onwards sumeria egypt china etc)

Another colours video sequel doing other shades than red, green and blue



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