- Modu, Maodun,
Modun (simplified Chinese: 冒顿单于;
traditional Chinese: 冒頓單于; pinyin: Mòdú Chányú, Màodùn Chányú or
Mòdùn Chányú, from Old
Chinese (220 B...
-
earlier by Sima Qian as 冒顿
Mòdùn <
Middle Chinese mək̚-tuənH (ZS) <
Eastern Han
Chinese *mǝk-tuənC, the name of the
Modun Chanyu, the
founder of Xiongnu...
- Bust of
Modun or (Mete Khan)...
-
Donghu despised Modun and were unprepared. So
Modun arrived with his troops, attacked,
routed [the Donghu] and
killed Donghu king; then [
Modun]
captured his...
- Therefore, the
Xiongnu nobles and
dignitaries all
admired [and]
regarded Modun chanyu as capable"
Peter Zieme: The Old
Turkish Empires in Mongolia. In:...
- The
organization of the army was
based on the
decimal system, emplo**** by
Modun Chanyu. The army was
built upon a
squad of ten (aravt) led by an appointed...
-
reliable written records during this period.
Before 201 BC,
Xiongnu chanyu Modun conquered the Kyrgyzes, then
known to
Chinese as
Gekun (鬲昆),
along with...
- mythology, Ağaç Ana in
Turkic mythology,
Andndayin Ca˙r in
Armenian mythology,
Modun in
Mongol mythology,
Yggdrasil in
Norse mythology,
Irminsul in Germanic...
- plus
suffix -q(X)ŕ/ğ(X)ŕ ~ k(X)z/g(X)z.
Around 202 BCE,
Xiongnu chanyu Modun conquered the
Kyrgyz –then
known to
Chinese as
Gekun (鬲昆),
along with the...
-
Chumo met
three people, each
wearing different cloths at
Modungok (or
Modun Valley; 모둔곡; 毛屯谷).
Considering as gift from heaven,
Chumo gave
surname to...
