@article{2014,title={Status And Importance Of Horse In Asia Hun (Hsiung-Nu) State},abstractNode={Horse is the one of the most valuable good as a military instrument and economic good for the classical societies before industrial revolution. Horse has some properties that some other animals like mule and camel don’t have. Horse that hosts speed and endurance at the same time can be grown on large meadows. But just nomadic societies can have such large meadows. Because settled societies use these meadows as agricultural lands. From an economic perspective horse is used in some economic activities. Transportation is the one of the most important economic activity for these societies. Transportation animals are valuable for nomadic societies. However horse has an other economic value. This is best breeding horses are sold to neighboors and brings income to nomadic societies. With these two aspects, horse is a valuable good for Asian Huns. Although there were societies like Mongols and Yue-chihs breeding horse, because of standing between China and these states, Asia Huns has become the state that controlled the horse trade. Besides the economic value horse is an important military instrument. This is the most important strenght of Hun military. Another factor that brings out this power is horse riding ability of Hun soldiers. When this ability and producing large numbers of horse are coupled, an army that is fast and strong and difficult to stop came out. Huns have done looting attacks, won victories against China and other enemies owing to these army that is unlike Chinese army. Because of being monopoly in producing horse, Asian Huns won military victories and had economic success.},author={Murat ÖZTÜRK},year={2014},journal={Journal of Turkish Studies}}