This story began with the fact that in 439 the Ashin Turks moved with five hundred families to the Jujans. Further for some time Turkuts and Zhuzhans peacefully coexisted. However, the descendants of Ashin in 552 defeated the Zhuzhan army, and the Zhuzhan kagan Anaguy committed suicide.
About 3 thousand Zhuzhan men in 555 were bound and laid at the eastern gate of Chang’ani, where they were soon executed. The Turks retained only women, underage men, servants and slaves. After the fall of the Zhuzhan Khaganate, part of the Zhuzhans left in a western direction, and another part of them went to Northern China. On a place of the Zhuzhan Khaganate the Turkic Khaganate soon has arisen.
Map of location of the Zhuzhan Khaganate. Photo from free sources in the Internet.
Researchers connect the Zhuzhans with the people of Avars, who in the VI century came to Europe from the east and created the Avar Kaganate.
The exact origin of the Avars is still a matter of debate among historians. One theory links the Avars to the Zhuzhans, one of the many nomadic peoples who inhabited the Eurasian steppe. The Zhuzhans could have been one of the many ethnic groups involved in the complex processes of migration and the formation of ethnic communities across the Eurasian expanses.
There is a suggestion that the Avars may have been one of the tribes or a subgroup of the Zhuzhans who, as a result of various historical events such as conflicts, migrations or alliances, formed a separate ethnic and political entity. However, while this theory has some merit, it is still conjecture, and much about the origin of the Avars remains unclear.
Genomic evidence of human remains from the Avar period. Photo from free sources on the Internet.
Research and archaeological discoveries continue to be made to more accurately determine the history and origins of the Avars and their relationship to other peoples and ethnicities, including possible links to the Jujans.
The migration routes of the Jujanians to Europe may have passed through various regions, including the Caspian Lowlands, the Caucasus and the Black Sea region. However, the specific routes may have differed depending on time and circumstances. On their way to Europe, the Juzhans gathered Iranian and Ugrian tribes, and formed an ethnos that became known by the term Avars.
The Avars were first mentioned in world history in 555 as a people migrating westward. They were first seen in the steppes of Central Asia. However, by 557, the nomads of the Avars moved to the steppes of the Pre-Caucasus.
Avar lamellar helmet from Niederstotzingen (reconstruction). Photo from free sources on the Internet.
In 558 the Avars reached the Caucasus and also the Danube River. The Avar Kagan sent an embassy to Constantinople demanding tribute and fertile land. Byzantine Emperor Justinian presented the Avars with many gifts, and offered to conclude a military alliance against the Franks and other peoples hostile to the empire, but ignored their territorial claims. The Avars needed land and invaded Illyria and Pannonia. They were opposed by the Lombards, Franks, Gepids and the Slavic alliance of Antes, whom the Avars consistently defeated. And in 560th Avars have based the state which has existed more than 200 years in East Europe. Avars have brought to Europe with culture of nomads of Central Asia and in their language there were Altaic elements.
Avar archaeological finds of Ozor-Totipusta. Photo from free sources on the Internet.
Genetic scientists from an international research group have determined from DNA data from 27 Avar burials that the Avars came from the Mongolian steppes to Hungary, and this migration took place over a period of one or two decades. Also, archaeological evidence showed that the Avars were migrants from Mongolia.
Overall, the origin of the Avars and the Avar Kaganate remains a subject of active research and debate among historians and archaeologists. Despite the various theories, a definitive understanding of this issue requires further multilateral research and analysis of sources.