. Mediæval and modern history . d in religious belief. 157. The Hungarians. We have already seen the first of thesenon-Aryan intruders—the Magyars, or Hungarians—adding tothe turmoil and terror created throughout Europe in the ninthand tenth centuries by the Northmen and Saracens (sect. 92).During this period they established themselves on the middleDanube, and laid there the foundations of the important kingdomof Hungary, which was destined to play a significant role in 143 144 MONGOLIANS IN EUROPE [§ 158 European history. In marked contrast to almost every otherpeople of Mongolian origin, th
. Mediæval and modern history . d in religious belief. 157. The Hungarians. We have already seen the first of thesenon-Aryan intruders—the Magyars, or Hungarians—adding tothe turmoil and terror created throughout Europe in the ninthand tenth centuries by the Northmen and Saracens (sect. 92).During this period they established themselves on the middleDanube, and laid there the foundations of the important kingdomof Hungary, which was destined to play a significant role in 143 144 MONGOLIANS IN EUROPE [§ 158 European history. In marked contrast to almost every otherpeople of Mongolian origin, the Hungarians in course of timeadopted the manners, customs, and religion of the peoples aboutthem^—became, in a word, thoroughly Europeanized, and thenfor a long time thereafter were a main defense of Christian Europeagainst other invading tribes—Mongols and Ottoman Turks—ofthe same great human stock. 158. The Mongols. Two centuries and more after the intru-sion into Europe of the Hungarians, the Mongols (or Tatars),.
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