TIL the Xiongnu were completely defeated by the Chinese in the Battle of the Altai Mountains in 89 AD. Some were forced to migrate to other regions and many nobles of the Hun were descendants of the Xiongnu.
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2418485122
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