Eurasian nomads
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Eurasian nomads form groups of nomadic peoples who have lived in various areas of the Eurasian Steppe. History largely knows them via frontier historical sources from Europe and Asia.
Life of nomads in Eurasian Steppe
Scythian shield ornament of a deer, in gold
Bronze Age spread of Yamnaya steppe pastoralist ancestry into two subcontinents—Europe and South Asia—from c. 3300 to 1500 BC
Indo-European migrations
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The Indo-European migrations are hypothesized migrations of peoples who spoke Proto-Indo-European and the derived Indo-European languages, which took place from around 4000 to 1000 BCE, potentially ex
Scheme of Indo-European language dispersals from c. 4000 to 1000 BCE according to the widely held Kurgan hypothesis: Center: Steppe cultures 1 (black): Anatolian languages (archaic PIE) 2 (black): Afanasievo culture (early PIE) 3 (black): Yamnaya culture expansion (Pontic-Caspian steppe, Danube Valley; late PIE) 4A (black): Western Corded Ware 4B-C (blue and dark blue): Bell Beaker; adopted by Indo-European speakers 5A-B (red): Eastern Corded ware
Area of distribution of the earliest Indo-European river names.
Sredny Stog culture (v.4500–3500 BCE)
Usatovo culture (c. 3500–3000 BCE)