Emil Hershak, Sanya Lazanin
(Croatia, Zagreb)
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Panonia Middle Ages Events' Middle Eurasian Influence

Problem of Croatia relations with Middle Asia became especially important lately, when the process of Croats' ethnogenesis is being revised. As a rule the ides of Croats' Iranian origins is being stressed, being based on the linguists assumption about Iranian origins of the ethnonim "Croat". Using historical and linguistic data the uthors critically analyzed these hypothesis. They also consider the concept according to which the processes in the Panon region led to the same consequenses as the processes in China. Thus Ordos on one side of the great steppe and Panonia on the other side served alike historical and geographical functions.