<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ezinye izazi ziye zasikisela ukuthi izizwe ezimbili ezishiwo umbhali ongumGoth Jordanes encwadini yakhe ethi Getica phakathi kwezizwe ezazisembusweni wenkosi yamaGoth u-Ermanaric ngekhulu lesine C.E. zingafaniswa nabantu bakwaMari. Nokho, ukuhlonza Imniscaris noma Sremniscans nge Cheremis, futhi Merens nge Mari impikiswano. Ukukhulunywa kokuqala okuqinisekisiwe kwabantu baseMari kuvela emithonjeni yamaKhazar kusukela ngekhulu le-10, lapho bavela khona nge-exonym tsarmis Cheremis. Ngaleso sikhathi, indawo yokuhlala yaseMari yayiseduze neVolga. Ekhulwini le - 13, amaMari aba ngaphansi kwethonya leGolden Horde, kwathi ngo - 1443 aba ngaphansi kweKhanate yaseKazan. Phakathi nalesi sikhathi, amaMaris aba nokuhlangana okuthile kwamasiko namaTatar asebusayo namaBulgaria aseVolga, okubonakala futhi emithonjeni yama-Turkic kanye nohlelo lolimi olimini lwesiMari. Ngo-1552, indawo yaseMari yahlanganiswa neRussia ngokunqoba kweRussia iKazan  <response>: ngaphansi kuka-Ivan the Terrible. Ngenkathi amanye amaMaris ikakhulukazi amaHill Maris asiza ukunqotshwa kweRussia, iningi lamaMaris laphinde lahlasela kulokho okubizwa ngokuthi Izimpi ZaseCheremis. Ekupheleni kwekhulu le-16, ekugcineni ukuvukela kwaqedwa, kwabangela ukuhlupheka okukhulu kubantu baseMari. Ngenxa yokungena kwabahlali baseRussia, futhi ukuze babalekele ukuphoqelelwa ukuba babe ngamaKristu kusukela ngo-1700, uMaris waqala ukuhlala empumalanga yeBashkortostan yanamuhla. Emakhulwini eminyaka alandela ngaphansi kweRussia yobukhosi, amaMaris akwazi ukulondoloza ubuzwe namasiko awo, aqiniswa amagagasi aphindaphindiwe okubuyela enkolweni yawo yendabuko yangaphambi kobuKristu. 