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<p><big>Origin</big></p>
<p>The Alans were formed out of the merger of the <a href="page.php?w=Massagetae">Massagetae</a>, a Central Asian Iranian nomadic people, with some old tribal groups. Related to the <a href="page.php?w=Asii">Asii</a> who previously invaded <a href="page.php?w=Bactria">Bactria</a> in the 2nd century BC, the Alans were pushed west by the <a href="page.php?w=Kangju">Kangju</a> people (known to Graeco-Roman authors as the ????????  in Greek, and the Iaxartae in Latin),</p><p>
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