Pontic–Caspian steppe
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The Pontic–Caspian steppe is a steppe extending across Eastern Europe to Central Asia, formed by the Caspian and Pontic steppes. It stretches from the northern shores of the Black Sea to the northern
The steppe in Azov-Syvash National Nature Park, Ukraine, with reintroduced horses.
Streltsovskaya Steppe, a preserved area in Milove Raion in Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine. The steppe is often dominated by plumes of Stipa in early summer.
Tulipa suaveolens, one of the most typical spring flowers of the Pontic–Caspian steppe
Bronze Age spread of Yamnaya steppe pastoralist ancestry into two subcontinents—Europe and South Asia—from c. 3000 to 1500 BC
Sarmatians
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The Sarmatians were a large confederation of ancient Iranian equestrian nomadic peoples who dominated the Pontic steppe from around the 5th century BC to the 4th century AD.
Pontic–Caspian steppe
…millennium BCE – now Cimmerians 12th–7th centuries BCE Dacians and Thracians (Getae) 11th century BCE – 3rd century CE Scythians 8th–4th centuries BCE Sarmatians 5th century BCE – 5th century CE Ostrogoths 3rd–6th centuries Bulgarians 4th–21st centuries: Alans 5th–11th centuries Kievan Rus' 8th–13th centuries…
Sarmatian cataphracts depicted on Trajan's Column, 2nd century CE.
Reconstruction of early Sarmatian chieftain. Araltobe kurgan, Kazakhstan, III-II c. BC. Excavation of Z. Samashev.
Gold mirror, Mayerovsky III Kurgan 4 (Nikolaevsky District, Volgograd region), 2nd-1st centuries BC.
Sarmatian bottle and lid (1st century AD, reproduction)