Enough of this modern History!! What about the real thing (more than a thousand years), what if the huns never moved west from China? Would the Goths and the rest of the germans have come down on the Western Empire the same way?
For example, we know that the the goths were in the process of beng 'consolifdated' by Ermanarich (not to be confused with Herman the German of 300 years earlier) in A.D. 370, but that he was defeated by the Huns in 375. If the Huns didn't attack, two things might have happened. First, he would have more fully gathered the reins of power, and second, there would have been more Huns.
Additionally (for those of us that are interested in Armenian history) it seems that in OTL the Huns attacked Armenia in and around 400 A.D.. If they hadn't moved West, this wouldn't have happened.
Finally, consider what happens in Mongolia and China. The Huns, like the later Mongols, countered the power of the more civilized Chinese of the period. If they had remained in Eastern China how would the history of the area been different?
For example, we know that the the goths were in the process of beng 'consolifdated' by Ermanarich (not to be confused with Herman the German of 300 years earlier) in A.D. 370, but that he was defeated by the Huns in 375. If the Huns didn't attack, two things might have happened. First, he would have more fully gathered the reins of power, and second, there would have been more Huns.
Additionally (for those of us that are interested in Armenian history) it seems that in OTL the Huns attacked Armenia in and around 400 A.D.. If they hadn't moved West, this wouldn't have happened.
Finally, consider what happens in Mongolia and China. The Huns, like the later Mongols, countered the power of the more civilized Chinese of the period. If they had remained in Eastern China how would the history of the area been different?