Consider the following statements, and then answer the question.Early Chinese historian Sima Qian (145-90BCE) described the Xiongnu as pastoral nomadic people who did not engage in agriculture.He also states that the Xiongnu men were formidable warriors, trained from an early age to hunt on horseback with bow and arrow.Thus, which of the following empires did the Xiongnu most likely serve as a prototype for?

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Consider the following statements, and then answer the question.Early Chinese historian Sima Qian (145-90BCE) described the Xiongnu as pastoral nomadic people who did not engage in agriculture.He also states that the Xiongnu men were formidable warriors, trained from an early age to hunt on horseback with bow and arrow.Thus, which of the following empires did the Xiongnu most likely serve as a prototype for?





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