A horseman on his journey to Tsertseleg, crossing a wooden bridge...
Were they Cimmerians, Scythians or Sarmatians, were they Hiugn Nu, Juan Juan, Keraits or Mongols, all of them can be seen as the Kings of the Steppe.
Some, such as Scythians or Sarmatians, have left a legacy of invaluable treasures; some others, such as Hiughn Nu, from their occidental branch, best known as Huns, have lingered in our fantasy for centuries.
The majority of these ethnic groups, cast out by other tribes, of more power and warriors, or merely migrating under the pressure of an excessive demographic growth, suddenly came out of the steppe. They were first ransacking and ransoming their sedentary neighbours. Then, year after year, allegedly fascinated by the lifestyle of these peasants and villagers, developing regular bonds with local people, forgetting the physical strength and the fighting spirit they had so forcefully acquired by the hard life in steppes, they blended together with sedentary fellowships... From the horizon, using the same ways and showing the same eagerness to get by, another tribe would then come in, certainly for the same purposes, and would re-write this History with the same pencil.
Appearing on the scene, as fast as a gust, and like a gust, just vanishing.
In those far-off times, the steppe was also blowing in terror squalls...
They were Cimmerians, Scythians ...
