As it can be seen, this state was mostly founded on
steppes with rich grassland and convenient for breeding contrary to the restricted
agricultural areas that were under his direction. The commercial base was - horses on
first line - stockbreeding. Depending to this the social standard differed in many ways to
the "farmer" culture of the large-lands owning Chinese class and the slave
class. Neither large estates nor land-slaves were something that could be observed at the
Hun's, but they always lived as disciplined and self-defending armed tribes (groups) in
social and political unions that were constituted by families that were tied together with
blood-relations and the states were established due to the close cooperation of these
tribe unions (bodun's) among themselves.
Due to this formation and especially after the
organisation of the army by Mete Han, the government became more a "military
organisation" that was centrally directed which had a military character and since
the required conditions (to be educated on the steppe, horses and weapons) were ready they
were open for conquests. In this point they separated from the "farmer" Chinese
government. Although "feudalism" was the regime in China, centralism was very
determined in the Hun state.
Small officers and
some counsellors may had been Chinese, but the armed forces under their direction and the
high positioned functionaries who at the same time were commanders and the responsible
first rank owners always were from Hun origin, also the government organisation (e.g.
left-right or east-west partition) had nothing to do with the Chinese; breaking the tribal
efforts in community, Mete Han realised the arrangement of the 10-formation in the army
that almost formed the government to a military community. Some attitudes to protect the
national character of the government were remarkably: e.g. Mete Han, who encircled the
Chinese army under the direction of the emperor in Paiteng, probably was obstructed by his
wife and the government council so that he could not penetrate the inner parts of China
and recede from the steppes. During the foundation of the steppe Turkish Sky God believing
Hun Empire, that had in respect of conviction no relations with neither the Mongolian
totemism nor the Chinese land theism, it should not be taken into consideration that the
"Chinese Empire" model was more than the mutual cultural influences in normal
measurements apart the common point of view.
First, the
Empire was not built on Chinese land, but on the area of the "Hiung-nu"; Second,
it is questionable that Mete Han gave himself the title "Son of the Sky". Third;
the concept "Son of the Sky" is originally not Chinese but of Turkish origin.
This all leads to the conclusion that the Great Hun Empire, that took his definite form in
the time of Mete Han, from ethnical aspects and sense of rulership, his social structure,
his administrative and military foundations, his religious and world viewpoint is a main
source of the Turkish nations history and cultural prosperity that has last for two
thousand years. Therefore it carries an important meaning in the Turkish and world
history.
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