han |
xiongnu |
As proper nouns the difference between han and xiongnu
is that
han is an imperial Chinese dynasty, ruling (with interruptions) from 206 BC to AD 220, marked by the expansion of the Yellow River's Huaxia culture to the recent conquests of the Qin and a flowering of economic, literary, and scientific development while
Xiongnu is an ancient nomadic-based people that formed a state or confederation north of the agriculture-based empire of the Han Dynasty.
xiongnu |
tarkhan |
As a proper noun Xiongnu
is an ancient nomadic-based people that formed a state or confederation north of the agriculture-based empire of the Han Dynasty.
As a noun tarkhan is
an ancient Central Asian title used by various Turkic (Hunnic, Xiongnu, Khazar), Mongolic and Indo-European (Scythian and Tokharian) peoples, especially in the medieval era, and prominently among the successors of the
Mongol Empire; it generally conferred exemption from taxation.