Avars
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- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85010504#concept
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- found: Encyc. of Asian civilization(Ruanruan; Juan-Juan; Rouran; remnants migrated west, becoming Avars)
- found: Britannica Micro.:v. 6, p. 633 (Juan-Juan [pinyin: Ruanruan]; also Jwen-jwen, Jou-jan, Jen-jen, Geougen; possibly Proto-Mongol group which formed a powerful group in Central Asia in the 4th-5th centuries, at one point their empire extended from modern Xinjiang to Manchuria; some scholars have speculated that the remnants of the Ruanruan migrated west and became the Avars after their Central Asian kingdom was destroyed in the 6th century)
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- 2003-11-14: new
- 2008-05-29: revised
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