Multiethnic structure of Mongolia’s first nomadic empire https://www.mpg.de/20098860/0403-evan-mongolia-s-first-nomadic-empire-150495-x
The Xiongnu dominated the Eurasian steppes two millennia ago and foreshadowed the rise of the Mongol Empire
and kinship into empire building,” says senior author Choongwon Jeong, Associate Professor