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Question

what does a "the back of a horse mean"

the huns say that there country is the back of a horse

what do u think that means?

they were invading europe

Answer 1

The huns were nomadic conquerors - in traveling to make their conquests, they almost literally lived on the backs of their horses.  Essentially I agree with everything the first answerer said.  

By the way, A World Lit Only By Fire is a really good book.  Cheers!

Answer 2

It means that during their invasion their entire world or country came with them (not literally) as they were on horseback all the time.

So that their whole world became a life of invasion on horseback, that was all they did, that was their country.