Ethnic groups in Chinese history

Any non clear-cut connection is denoted by a question mark (?) besides the equivalences. My sole purpose of creating this page was provoking conservations and constructive arguments on connecting Eastern and Western knowledges of those tribes.

Pinyin Romanization and (Pronunciation)	Names in Chinese characters	Approximate residing areas	Time of appearance in Chinese history	Equivalences in World history	Time of appearance in World history	Modern decendants
Xiongnu (xiong1 nu2)	匈奴	Today Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, northern portions of Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia and eastern portion of Xinjiang	[[4th century BC\|4th century B.C.]?to late 1st century for Northern Xiongnu. Southern Xiongnu remained active until mid 5th century then assimilated into Chinese	Huns	late 4th century to early 5th century	No known decendents