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Origins

Ancient Hungarians, or Magyars, were a nomadic people of the Eurasian steppes. There are lots of theories on the origins of the Magyars but it is thought that they first lived in a place called Magna Hungaria in the Urals.

Pushed westward by the waves of migrating nomadic tribes behind them, they moved into an area called Levedia in the mid 8th century. There they stayed until the mid 9th century when they moved to an area called the Eltelköz. Shortly thereafter, the Maygar's moved into the Carpathian basin under the leadership of Arpád. To give you a better picture of the movement of these horse bowman, here is an excellent map.

Further Reading

• To read more on Magyar history, the Slavic-Eurasion Studies Web has a great list of links on their page: Internet Resources for Hungarian Studies.
  

• I found the article "The Controversy on the Origins and Early History of the Hungarians" particularly interesting and well-written, and it has a fantastic bibliography.