Asian Steppes:

-A steppe is a geological ecoregion; basically an area that is generally
characterized by grassland plains
absent of trees far from rivers or lakes.

-The largest of these is known as
the Eurasian Steppe Belt stretching
from Moldova to Siberia. Now the Eurasian Belt has been a connecting force for
Europe, Southern Asia, Central Asia, the Middle East, and China for many years.
These steppes are: Xinjiang, Mongol
Steppe, The Kazakh Steppe, Manchuria.

- Magical historians didn't care
much about the Huns until 1978.

- It wasn't until '78 that a
historian named Robert Meddleweb
(magical historian) came across the account of Anna Zakowsky (Muggle historian), that you can read in your book.

- Meddleweb understood this account
to mean that the Huns were able to apparate
away.

China:

- Chinese witches and wizards are
substantially ceremonial.

- They were used mostly in the
taming of the Yellow River which
lead to the harmonization of much of China during the early days.

- Hé de fǎshī was the traditional name for these people who were
able to use their early magic to stop the river from flooding.

- On the opposite side these same
witches and wizards used their magic to save crops during times of drought.

- Chinese magic was, much like the
culture, controlled and stable. The religions that spawn in these areas have a
remarkable similarity to the way magic was practices. Very ritualistic,
holistic, and cautious.

- Because of this, the magical kind
tended to be weaker than the brutish nomads to the north. This lead way for
constant invasion.

- After the creation of legalism, a council of Chinese
elders met to discuss (what they viewed as) the magical threat.

- This council advised emperors for
years to create anti-magical law and
began to restrict the use of magic in China.

- Within 100 years it was
completely illegal to be a witch or wizard in ancient Chinese society. Those
that practiced magic were kept in the innermost circles of the Emperors, and
often put into slavery.