Ephtalitai

Japanese: Ephtalitai
Ephtalitai

...an ethnic group in Central Asia. In Western sources they are called Ephtalitai or Hayāṭila, and in Chinese sources they are called Huan-da. From the middle of the 5th century until their division into the Turks and the Sassanid Empire (558-561), they prospered in the Hindu Kush mountain range, a strategic location on the trade route connecting India, southern Russia, China, and Persia, and built a powerful nation that combined nomadic and urban life.

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Japanese:

…中央アジアの民族。西方史料ではEphtalitai,Hayāṭila,中国史料では嚈噠などと記されている。5世紀半ばころから,突厥とササン朝ペルシアに分割される(558‐561)まで,インド,南ロシア,中国,ペルシアを結ぶ貿易路上の要地,ヒンドゥークシュ山系一帯に拠って繁栄し,遊牧生活と都市生活をあわせもった強大な国家を築いた。…

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