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The ancient Sogdian letters from the 4th century mention Huns, while the Chinese sources write Xiongnu, in the context of the sacking of Luoyang.

However, there is a historical gap of 300 years between the Chinese and later sources.

As Peter Heather writes, " The ancestors of our century European Huns could even have been a part of the century Xiongnu confederation, without being the ' real ' Xiongnu.

Even if we do make some sort of connection between the 4th century Huns and the 1st century Xiongnu, an awful lot of water has passed under an awful lot of bridges in the three hundred years ' worth of lost history.